12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. (KJV)
Obedience is an act of faith. Faith is the manifestation of an obedient heart. Here we read that the leper when he saw Jesus, fell down and asked of Jesus to make him clean. What stands out to me in verse 12 is the leper said to Jesus "if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." You see if God wants to do something for us He can. It's not a question of can He; it's the question of will He.
Sometimes in life we think that God can't fix our problems, or He can't make us whole. Nothing is impossible for God. We tend to think that God should do things in our timing, but God does not keep time like we do. God's clock does not have an a.m. or p.m. we cannot limit God to our twenty-four time frame.
Sometimes it's hard, and we don't understand why God doesn't do certain things that we thought He should do. We should never question the infinite wisdom of God almighty. Some situations God does not change. Sometimes we lose things in life. Doesn't mean that God couldn't work it out, it's just that maybe it was the best for us and we just didn't know it. Then other times God moves on our behalf and He works miracles and changes situations and circumstances for us. But through it all we must come to realize that God is in control and it's not "canst thou" it is "Wilt thou."
Mark Denard
