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March 14

He Came for The Sick

Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:31, 32).

Scripture: Luke 3:12, 13; 5:27–32

Song: “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus”

Professor Anne looked wide-eyed across her desk at one of her students, Jennifer, and said, “It’s been a tough morning, but now is the time for you. Jennifer, you are the kind of student I enjoy meeting with.”

As Jennifer pulled out her notebook, professor Anne remarked how she had an unexpected phone call with another student whose husband threatened divorce, had just lost her job, and needed encouragement from a seasoned Christian.

As disciples were called to make disciples, God might very well bring us into opportunities to disciple those who are spiritually “sick” and then other times those who are “healthy.”

Rejoice when God gives you a disciple like Jennifer who is in a place of spiritual health, lives tenaciously, and is thriving in her Christian walk. At the same time, it is a privilege when God calls us to reach out to the spiritually lost or to minister to those who are struggling in their faith .

We were all spiritually sick and bereft when God called us, and none of us are ever really done with spiritual growth until we receive new bodies at the new creation.

Father, You are my spiritual healer and given me life and hope. Please strengthen me with Your Spirit so that I rejoice as I disciple both those who are healthy and those who are hurting. I pray this in Jesus’ name, amen.

Jim Eichenberger

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