Don't Wait On Latter

In Luke 17 you will find the story of 10 lepers, which are outcasts from society. One day they heard Jesus was going to be walking down a certain road. These 10 men asked themselves this question “were do we go from here?  We are bound by this disease. It is mutilating us and taking us to our graves.” One of the men said, “We will go to Jesus.” So, the lepers stood close to the road which Jesus was passing by and cried out, and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:13). When Jesus saw them, He told them to go and show themselves to the priests. 

Then they faced another question, the same one: “Were do we go from here?” Jesus hadn’t said, “be healed.” He had simply said, “Go show yourselves to the priest.” There was no change in their condition; their healing had not happened yet. 

Under Jewish law, the priests were the only ones who could make them whole in the eyes of society. So together as one man, the 10 lepers turned to head for the priest. They did not question whether they should go to the priest or not they just went. The word of God says, “as they went, they were cleansed.” They were set free because they chose to do something with their lives. 

In the fifth chapter of Mark, he tells two stories. One of a man who came to Jesus asking for prayer for his sick daughter and the story of the woman with the issue of blood. 

In Mark 5:26-27, the word says the woman had spent all she had on doctors trying to get well, but she did not get better she only got worst. The word says in V27, she heard of Jesus.  She had to answer the question: “What do I do from here?” So, she said to herself, “I know what I will do; I will go and touch His clothes. If I can touch His cloths, I will be well. 

But when she got to where Jesus was, she found a crowd surrounding him. She then had to ask herself the same question: “What do I do from here? Do I just look at the crowd and is it worth the struggle to get to him?” 

Think of how many times we have been in her place. When the thing we wanted was surrounded by a crowd. Often, we decide it’s not worth it, or I’ll get it later. But most of the time later never comes in the natural world. Later never comes in the spiritual world either. 

The woman with the issue of blood made her way through the crowd, touched his clothes, and was healed. 

Don’t forget about Jairus, who was waiting for Jesus to accompany him to his home, where his daughter was laying sick. A messenger came after the healing of the woman and told Jairus, “Don’t bother the master any longer, your daughter is dead.” It was like Jesus was reading Jairus’ mind. Jesus told him “Only believe. Only believe. All things are possible. Only believe.” 

At that moment Jairus had to choose. He had to face the question, “What do I do from here? Do I run home to my family, or do I just walk along with Jesus because Jesus said not to fear?” Jairus made the right decision to take Jesus at his word. He and Jesus Walk to Jairus house and Jesus raised his daughter from the dead. 

Often events happen so quickly that we don’t have time to think out a decision; circumstances demand an immediate response. Only those who know the power and truth of the Word of God can make the right decision at those times and receive what they need from God. 

No matter how much excitement you get from attending church it won’t help when you have to meet the enemy.  The only thing that can help is how much of God’s word you have hidden in your heart to turn loose on it. It is not how many songs you can sing or how high you can jump. 

We must forget both the failures and successes of the past and walk on to the higher things of God and His Word, and what God has planned for us. We need to find out what the will of God is for you. Don’t do something just because you want to do it. Find out what God’s Word has to say about the situation that you in might be in.  Find out what God’s Word has to say about some decisions you’re about to make.