FAITH CAPSULE: Gain seeing power in the word of God.

Matthew 12:1-14

See that there is power to gain insight from the word.
What one sees is what one believes to receive.
The power to heal comes with the power to believe and receive.
Once on a Sabbath day, in a synagogue, the Pharisees knew quite well that a man who had a withered hand was going to encounter Jesus’ attention when they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him. (Matthew 12:9)
Jesus’ answer demonstrated the importance of doing that which is good and the placement of good deeds above the law. He points out that the law should be exempt, not to deny, but to care for others.
Most importantly, He pointed out how valuable is man when He stated, “Of how much more value than is a man than a sheep?” (Matthew 12:12). Jesus the tenderhearted shepherd, the caring and compassionate master, after answering the Pharisees now turned His attention to the man with withered hand, “Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.” (Matthew 12:13).
Just a word from Jesus terminated the mark of shame and mockery and restored glory to the withered vessel.
What is it you can identify as withered in your life?
Among the words synonymous with “withered” are decay, wrinkle, shrink, dry, decline, languish, waste, etc. To be withered in any area of life is not what one can keep hidden, but what a man can be healed and be delivered from, just as the man with the withered hand got his healing and deliverance from the word of Jesus.
It was the healing power in the word of God that healed the man with a withered hand.
Jesus spoke to the man with a withered hand, “Stretch out your hand.”  The power to heal comes with the power to believe and receive.
When the healing word of Jesus found the man with withered hands, there was no doubt in his heart as he stretched out his hands as commanded by Jesus.
When there is Self-recognition and acceptance, it becomes the power behind getting delivered.
Knowing how to speak against negative challenges will bring positive manifestation.
Proverbs 18:21  admonishes, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
The power to get satisfied with good is through the mouth.
Proverbs 12:14, “A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth.”
Jesus buttresses the power of self-deliverance by stating, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34)
He went further to let all know that with a good treasure of the heart, one brings forth good things. (Matthew 12:35)

Prayer for today: Ask that making positive confessions in the face of the challenges become your way of life.