God is Compassionate

“And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.” Mark 1:40-41(KJV)

Our opening scripture lets us know that when the leper came to Jesus begging and kneeling down asking to be healed, the Bible says that Jesus was moved with compassion and touched him, and healed him by His Word.

I want you to notice that Jesus was moved with compassion. That means that, Jesus is passionate about healing you, and He desires to heal you.(See Matthew 14:14)

It is important you understand that, God heals because He loves. (See 1John 4:8)God doesn't heal because men are good. No, he heals because He is love. There was a time Jesus healed a man in John 5:8-9, knowing that this man has been in that condition for 38 long years, He had compassion on him and said, “…Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: …” Finding that same man later in the temple in John 5:14, Jesus said to him, “… Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”

This meant that the man's sickness was caused by sin, yet Jesus had compassion on him, and was willing to heal him. Therefore, we see that the motivation of Jesus to heal this man was love.

That same love is what He expresses to you today, His motivation for wanting to heal you is His love, it is not because you qualified for it in yourself, it is because He loves you.

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for loving me and for always been compassionate towards me. Your love has given me confidence in your presence. May your love always constrain my heart to always do your will in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:
Mark 9:21-27, Hebrews 4:14-16.

DOING THE WORD
Think about God's love and let His love fill your heart and influence your decisions and confidence before God.