Love attracts. If there is anything that we should learn in the Gospels is that Jesus expressed the Love of FATHER and people were attracted to that Love. People were drawn to Jesus as He expressed Love toward them by Him opening their eyes and ears to FATHER’S Divine Intent of Love.
In Luke chapter 17, the story of the ten lepers has been mentioned as a great faith message but let’s take it a bit farther:
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.
13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
Now all of us would be thrilled with the results of being healed of such a terrible disease of which they had no known cure. If leprosy was curable, there would not have been ten lepers in the first place. They would have gone to their local pharmacy and picked up the latest concoction with two approved refills and would be living among their relatives. In the case of the ten lepers, the power of the Word of Jesus Who spoke only what FATHER had Him speak was sufficient to bring forth faith among the ten lepers for healing to occur.
The lepers were actually seeking the Love of Our Heavenly Father in they were asking for mercy. They were looking for compassion and forgiveness for the apparent judgment they were under. They were pleading for FATHER’S Love to intervene which is an indication that they did not believe they were entitled to be healed. I am sure each of them considered his circumstance to be a result of past lawless acts. Some may have even pointed to a specific event as the cause of such a harsh judgment on their future.
When they saw Jesus, they yelled for His attention and used the term “Master”. This term denotes authority over the circumstance and I would say to you that Love has authority over all circumstances. GOD is Love and HE framed the universe and all within it. Faith carried out the mission but Love was the Divine Intent behind faith. This is what we must fully understand if we are to operate in the same manner as Jesus in the coming age.
Jesus did not have to touch the ten lepers for their healing to occur. Neither did He have to touch each and every fish or loaf of bread for them to be multiplied for the feeding of the 5,000. His Love was sufficient from any distance to manifest its intent through the expression of faith. People read these parables and focus on faith but I say you must focus on Love which is higher than faith. As you do, faith will result.
Jesus expressed non-judgmental Love toward the ten lepers. He did not go into the details of their past and place conditions upon them. His mercy was sufficient for their healing. The story culminates with gratitude:
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”
19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you whole and fully restored.”
Most people are satisfied with “good” and “better” when it comes to healing. This leper received the “best” for he was fully restored to normal. What the leprosy had eaten away, Love called forth those same GOD particles and returned them back to their original ordained state. These smallest particles have been recently identified by mankind… finally. They can switch from a particle to a wave and then back to a particle. Light is a wave. Jesus understood these particles and was able to command them by Love to return back to their original state of this one leper. This particular leper responded in Love and gratitude for what The Master had done. The others accepted a lower level of healing and were totally satisfied… and that was okay. Yet there is a remnant who seeks to express Love to Our Lord and will operate at a higher level of full restoration. These are those who will and are being chosen for the Body of Christ.
Love brings forth wholeness no matter what the prior condition. Focus on Love, faith will follow.