Last time, we were looking at a healing that always baffled me. I presented it, and asked you to think about a few things,
As a reminder, this was the scripture.
Mark 7:31-35 "Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means "Be opened!"). At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly." (NIV)
My questions were, why would he do all that? Why is this healing so different from others? Why did he take the man away from the crowd? What's with the spit and sticking his fingers into the man's ears?
Jesus is able to heal a person without them even being present (as with the centurion's servant,), so why all this apparent drama?
I think this is an example of how God treats us all as individuals. Although he could have healed this man differently, this is the way he chose.
We have a habit of wanting to put people into categories. We tell people they are certain personality types that can then be classified and dealt with accordingly.
I'm thankful that we serve a God who sees us, each one of us, for all the wonderful complexity of who we are.
Only an all powerful God is capable of that.
