Luke 5:12 ¶ And it came to
pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing
Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put
forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And
immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad
of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of
their infirmities. 16 And he withdrew himself
into the wilderness, and prayed.
The leprous man
believed that Jesus could heal him and it was so. Many times a key to God
giving us something is our willingness to receive and our belief it is within
His power to give. Yes, there are many times also when we receive a blessing we
were totally unexpecting. But, there is a clear Bible doctrine that believing
God and humbling yourself before Him precedes receiving many blessings. I’m not
talking about some ‘name it and claim it’ blasphemy about trying to order the
Creator of the universe around like your own personal servant but about
believing in God’s power and in His sovereignty. We will see twice upcoming in
Luke 8 and 17 where Christ tells someone that their faith has made them whole.
Jesus orders the man to
go to show himself to a priest, as in Leviticus 13 rather than pronounce this
miracle to everyone else. Jesus has come to fulfill the Law not to overthrow it
and demands that it be respected.
Still, many people
heard about this miracle and Jesus’ fame grew. Again, as in other times, He
goes apart to be alone and pray. It is good for us to have a private place and
a private time to pray.
Matthew 6:6 But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in
secret shall reward thee openly.
To fall on one’s face
is one act of worship.
Joshua 5:14 And he said,
Nay; but as captain of the host
of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship,
and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
2Chronicles 20:18 And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his
face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
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