Are you open to being touched by God?Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him,"Be opened!" At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.
What Jesus did was very unconventional. Can you imagined? That man wasn't blind! He could see what Jesus was doing. What would you do if someone stuck their fingers in your ears? And then, what if that person spit and wanted to put their spittle in your mouth? Would you draw back? But the man didn't because he was desperate, so he allowed Christ to touch him-even though that touch was unconventional and probably very uncomfortable! That touch transformed him. Are you willing to be transformed?
Extracts from the book CONVERSATION PEACE by Mary A. Kassian
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