We All Need The Doctor

“Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” ‭‭

Luke 5:31 ‭NIV‬‬

When I was a young boy, I did exactly what the young people of my time were doing, playing around and getting dirty; playing dangerous games and engaging in high-risk stunts as fun. 

One day while having a gymnastics competition with my friends, I broke my arm. Growing up with African parents I knew exactly what my fate would be a painful process of intense massage with ointments. Knowing the kind of pain that awaits me, I simply lied about the particular hand that was injured. I presented the left hand when in fact it was the right hand. The massage protocol happened and I pretended through the exercise as if I was actually feeling the pain. After a few minutes, the procedure was over but my real pain was far from over. 

Three days later, the real injured arm is swollen and this time around more painful. The pain from the swollen hand was ten times worse than what I would have had from the actual treatment. The pain at this time was more than I could keep to myself so I cried for help. In the end, the pain was inevitable and delaying it didn’t improve anything, instead, it made it worse. 

You can laugh at my childish behaviour all you want but you know it won’t take away that sickness that you’re hiding. I know you’re leading the choir team but masturbation is eating you, it’s affecting your concentration and makes you feel so impure every time you try to pray. Your prayer altar is a mess, you’ve tried everything but it just won’t work. How about that procrastination, the laziness and more? Stop hiding it, just come to Jesus for help.

Jesus told the Pharisees who were experts at hiding their shortcomings that “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Like a doctor, Jesus has the both power, the wisdom and the authority to heal us, and to help us no matter how much of a mess we have created for ourselves. Unfortunately, just as no doctor can force a patient to receive help, Jesus will never force anybody. We all must acknowledge our sicknesses and come to him for help. 

When is the best time to come to him? Well, the best time would have been yesterday actually but now that it’s gone the next best time is now. As for tomorrow, there are no guarantees but more importantly is that just like my broken arm, a delay in receiving help will not take the pain away, it just postpones the judgment day and the pain.

What is your own sickness? Are you dealing with a secret sinful habit or rising and falling in your walk? You messed up big time so what? Doctor Jesus is not here to judge, only to heal. Come to him today and get help.