Fri.’s Devo - Let Faith Rise Up in Us

Read: Genesis 23:1-24:51; Matthew 8:1-17; Psalm 9:13-20; Proverbs 3:1-6
Sarah died at the age of 127. Abraham bought his first piece of land in the promised land to bury Sarah. It was bought for 400 pieces of silver and was the land of Hebron which later became a city of refuge. Abraham had to buy real-estate in the land before he could purchase a wife for Isaac.
Abraham was getting old and needed to find the right wife for Isaac to carry on his name. He sent his best servant to find a wife in the land of his family. The servant was a type of the Holy Spirit who went to find this bride. He prayed through the whole process and God caused his journey to be successful.
He found Rebekah from the family of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. It couldn’t have been more perfect. God bought the whole field - the whole world, to find a bride for his son.
In Matthew, Jesus heals a man of leprosy because he was willing. He told him to present himself before the priests as a sign to the priest of who He was. Never in the history of their nation had a man been healed of leprosy. Only in Second Kings 5, a Gentile king named Naaman was healed of leprosy.
Another Gentile centurion came to him to ask him to heal his servant who was suffering and paralyzed. When Jesus offered to come to his house, the centurion told him that he was not worthy of him coming to his house. He said that all Jesus needed to do was to say the word and his authority with God would be enough to heal him. Jesus was amazed at his faith. That man’s servant was healed at that hour because of his faith. Jesus just said the words.
Jesus used this example to explain that many Jews would not be able to enter into the kingdom of heaven because of their lack of faith, and many Gentiles would enter because of their great faith.
Peter, a Jew, had faith. Jesus healed his mother-in-law and she rose up and ministered to him. Many Jews who are in the law will rise up and be healed in the end and come to have their eyes opened. They will once again minister to the Lord in Jesus’ name.
Lord, help us to step out in faith and believe for the impossible.