Two Miracles In One

Two Miracles In One

Jesus led him away from the crowd so they could be alone. He put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then, spitting on his own fingers, he touched the man’s tongue. Mark 7:33

As Jesus was traveling from Tyre to Sidon, he encountered a deaf man with a speech impediment. The man’s friends begged Jesus to heal him. After Jesus led the man away from the crowd to where they could be alone, he put his fingers into the man’s ears and then spit on his own fingers and touched the man’s tongue. Looking up to heaven, Jesus said an Aramaic word that means, “Be opened.” Instantly, the man could hear and speak plainly.

In that moment, Jesus demonstrated his power over disabilities that most people would consider permanent and irreversible—conditions such as deafness. In the same moment, Jesus also demonstrated his power over time.

Even after the man was able to hear, one would expect that it would take some time for him to learn to speak properly. After all, speech is developed over years of repetition, with lots of trial and error. Yet this man spoke immediately and plainly. Jesus compressed years of learning into an instant.

This miracle demonstrates that our Lord not only has power over the physical realm, but he also has power over time. This should give us hope that no matter how long we’ve suffered, Jesus can heal us of even our most chronic disabilities, according to his will.

TODAY’S RX

No matter what the diagnosis is or how long you’ve suffered, Jesus has the power to heal you immediately, if he so chooses. Trust his wisdom and timing.

Jesus, just as you have opened this man’s ears and mouth, I ask for your healing touch—not just for my physical ailments, but also for the sin that lurks in my heart.