Jesus said what he meant and didn’t have any tricks-what I mean by this is when Jesus said “your son will live,” He did not mean it in some ethereal/spiritual way that he would be risen from the dead at the resurrection. He meant, “your son will live through this illness.” I know sometimes people pray for healing but then tack on a little “of course we know you may heal by taking them to be with you” statement. When this publican came to Jesus, he was not looking for his son to be healed by dying peacefully-he wanted his son to be HEALED! Sometimes we offer God easier alternatives, such as letting a person die peacefully instead of healing them. God accepts people that are desperate and hopeless, and have no other hope but His healing power. Jesus didn’t give the blind man a seeing eye dog or the paralyzed man a flying carpet. May we also go to God with that desperation for His full power.

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