Luke 22.50-51: And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered as said, Suffer ye this far. And he touched his ear and healed him.
John 18.12: Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound Him.
"The last thing the Lord Jesus did before His hands were bound was to heal.
Have you ever asked yourself, If I knew this was the last thing I should do, what would I do? I have never found the answer to that question. There are so very, very many things that we would want to do for those whom we love, that I do not think we are likely to be able to find the chief one of all these. So the best thing is to just go on simply, dong each thing as it comes as well as we can.
Our Lord Jesus spent much time in healing sick people, and in the natural course of events it happened that the last thing He did with His kind hands was to heal a bad cut. (I wonder how they could have the heart to bind His hands after that.)
In this, as in everything, He left us an example that we should follow in His steps. Do the thing that this next minute, this next hour, brings you, faithfully, and lovingly and patiently; and then the last thing you do, before power to do is taken from you ( if that should be), will be only the continuation of all that went before."
2 comments:
thanks for the reminder Hannh! We just watched The Passion with the kids and it def. hit me when we were watching.
What a good reminder of our Saviors love and mercy. I liked the part about wondering how they could have still bound His hands after He had just used them to heal....I never thought about that so literally or from that perspective before. Hard to imagine that... but of course I know my own heart can be just as astonishingly hardened and deceived.
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