FAITH CAPSULE: It is impossible to fall down before the Lord and not rise up for His Name to be glorified.

Luke 5:12-15

Jesus the Healing Healer is always passing and available to anyone that will see and call on Him for His touch.” And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” (Luke 5:12) A man who did not just have leprosy, but was full of leprosy saw Jesus. The fullness of his leprosy was a demonstration that he was not only having leprosy, but leprosy had him. When one is down in a situation that is beyond comprehension, one can miss and not see when the Healing Healer is passing. Today, how are you handling the situation that is beyond your control? Are you looking to see Jesus in it? It is one thing to be in a situation and not down; it is another to be in a situation and be down in such situation. If you are in a situation that is beyond your control, there will be a need to see Jesus either through prayer; through the Word of His grace as documented in the pages of the Bible or through giving Him praise and worship. The children of Israel were not just in bondage for over four hundred years, but they were also down in it until God declared, “And I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” (Exodus 3:17) The same God who was yesterday, today and tomorrow will bring you out of all that is keeping you down in all the down areas of life. The man with the leprosy fell down before the King of kings because he acknowledged the power that Jesus carries. It was a parallel flat down fall whereby he had his face down and in that fall, he called for help. He knew that the grace to give belongs only unto Jesus. As a result, he was submissive in his request by stating, “Lord, if you are willing”. (Luke 5:12)  The man with leprosy needed a miracle that would bring him up from where he was down. It is impossible to fall down before the Lord and not rise up for His Name to be glorified. God wants to be glorified because He is the King of Glory. Jesus will not be unwilling concerning all that confronts us. He will help in all that represents all kinds of infirmities in our lives when we are able to see and call on His name.

Prayer for today: Call on Jesus to bring you out of the down areas of your life.