Daily Digest: Capstone Capsule

“...And the power of the Lord was present to heal them” – Luke 5:17

Believers need to understand the tangibility of DIVINE POWER for IMPACT: “Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them” (Lk.5:17). Our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated this reality in unmistakable terms. As He was teaching, without consciously conducting a healing session, God’s Power was present to heal!

What is vital to note is that for healing to be performed, the Power of God needed to be present. If that was necessary for Jesus, how much more for us who believe in Him! Divine Power is a tangible spiritual substance that always brings Impact. It could be futile to try to perform when the Power of God is not present. Before this healing-by-teaching event, the Power of God had commanded a “boat-sinking” abundance of harvest for Peter in his fishing expedition (Lk.5: 1-11). Next, the Power of God touched and cleansed “a man who was full of leprosy” (vv.12-13). These magnetized the multitudes (vv.15).

The Lord’s response: “So he Himself withdrew into the wilderness and prayed” (v.16). Divine Power must be continually refilled in the Place of Prayer if phenomenal Impact must follow, as it did on this occasion. In this atmosphere of Divine Power, a paralyzed man, who was brought in through a rooftop, arose and walked (vv.18-25). The Impact was God-glorifying: “And they were all amazed, and they GLORIFIED GOD and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!” (v.26). There were other times when the Lord was so engulfed with the Power of God that He sensed when a flow of power went out from Him: “And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for POWER WENT OUT FROM HIM and healed them all” (Lk.6:19).

Another instance of God’s Power being present was the healing of the woman with the issue of blood: “And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that POWER had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?” (Mk.5:30). When His Power was present, people “were all amazed at the majesty of God”; they “marvelled at all the things which Jesus did” (Lk.9:43). Again, “Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and POWER He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out” (Lk.4:36). Jesus had the Power of God on Him, was never selfish with it, acknowledged that it was there and He used it! Power does no good unless it is put to use!