Think about this…this man was deaf and mute, his friends brought him to this man called Jesus, and then Jesus took him away from the people he knew. What do you suppose he was thinking? He couldn’t hear what Jesus was saying, he couldn’t verbally respond or ask questions, yet he went with Jesus. He trusted him without even hearing what he had to say, before he healed him of anything. Not much different than what Jesus asks of us, to trust even when we don’t see him. Now I am sure this man became concerned when Jesus put his fingers in his ears and then when he spit and touched his tongue I am sure this man was wondering what was going on. Or was he? Maybe his faith in Jesus was such that he didn’t doubt anything that Jesus was doing. Maybe he had already put all his trust in Jesus and nothing else mattered now. Isn’t that how we should be? Aren’t we placed in uncomfortable situations? Aren’t we sometimes asked to do things we don’t understand? But let me ask something---has Jesus ever let you down? I can assure you without a doubt that he has not only never let me down; there have been times when he was the only thing that kept me up. When we put our faith in Jesus, just as this man did, then we have to trust what he is doing. Whether we understand it or not, we have to have faith that what Jesus is doing with us, around us, and through us is for our benefit. So what is the only difference between you & me and this man? Unlike this man, Jesus is asking us to go tell, tell everyone what I have done for you. Tell everyone about me. We are his disciples and he is asking us to have faith in what he is telling us, have faith in what he is doing through us and tell others the ‘good news’!
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