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How many of you have been in that place, where the thing you wanted was surrounded by a crowd? Often we decide, "Oh, it's not worth it. I'll get it later." But most of the time, "later" never comes in the natural.


In Luke 17 we find a story of ten lepers, outcasts from society. One day they heard that Jesus was going to be walking down a certain road. These ten men asked themselves this question: "Where do we go from here? We are bound with this loathsome disease' it is mutilating us and taking us to our graves."

One of them said, "We go to Jesus."

So the lepers stood close to the road along which Jesus was passing, and cried out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us" (v. 13).

When Jesus saw them, He told them to go show themselves to the priests. Jesus hadn't said, "Be healed." He had simply said, "Go show yourselves to the priests. There was no change in their condition; their healing had not manifested.

As They Went
But you see, under Jewish law, the priests were the only ones who could pronounce them whole in the eyes of society. And the men, the ten lepers, turned in unison. They did not question for a moment whether they should go to the priests or not. They went, and the Word of God says, "And it came to pass, that, AS THEY WENT, they were cleansed" (or healed).

They were set free because they chose to do something with their lives.

The fifth chapter of Mark tells two stories: that of a man who came to Jesus asking prayer for his sick daughter and the story of the woman with the issue of blood.

The woman had spent "all that she had" on doctors, seeking to get well, but she got no better, "but rather grew worse" as the Bible tells us in Mark 5:26. Then it says, "When she had HEARD of Jesus" (v. 27) she said to herself, "I know what I'll do—I'll go touch His clothes. If I can touch His clothes, I'll be well!"

But when she got to where Jesus was, she found a crowd surrounding Him. She asked herself, "What will I do now? Look at this crowd! Is it worth the struggle to get to Him? Is it worth pushing and shoving through the crowd? Am I right or wrong?"

How many of you have been in that place, where the thing you wanted was surrounded by a crowd? Often we decide, "Oh, it's not worth it. I'll get it later." But most of the time, "later" never comes in the natural.

It never comes in the spiritual realm either. The woman with the issue of blood made her way through the crowd, touched his clothes, and was instantly healed.

In the meantime, we tend to forget Jairus, who was waiting for Jesus to accompany him to his home, where his daughter lay sick. It was immediately after the great miracle of the healing of the woman that a messenger came, tapped Jairus on the shoulder and said, "Don't bother the Master any longer. Your daughter is dead. It's all over."

It was almost as if Jesus was reading Jairus' thoughts. Jesus told him, "Only believe. All things are possible. Only believe."

At that moment, Jairus had to choose. "Where do I go from here? What do I do? Do I break and run home to my family, or do I just walk along leisurely with Jesus because he said not to fear?"

Jairus made the right decision to take Jesus at His Word. He and Jesus continued on to Jairus' house at a leisurely pace. And what happened? Jairus' daughter was raised from the dead.

Where Will You Go From Here?
Often events happen so quickly that you don't have time to think out a decision; circumstances demand an immediate response. Only those who know the power and truth of the Word of God can make the right decision in those times and receive what they need from God.

The exhilaration and excitement of great meetings you've attended won't help when you have to meet the enemy. The only thing that will help you then is how much of God's Word you have hidden in your heart to turn loose on him—not how many songs you can sing or how high you can jump.

We must forget both the failures and successes of the past and walk on to the higher things of God and His Word.

Source: Where Do We Go From Here? by Kenneth Hagin, Jr.
Excerpt permission granted by Faith Library Publications

Author Biography

Kenneth W. Hagin
Web site: Kenneth Hagin Ministries
 
Kenneth W. Hagin, President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries and pastor of RHEMA Bible Church, ministers around the world. Known for calling the Body of Christ to steadfast faith, he seizes every ministry opportunity to impart an attitude of “I cannot be defeated, and I will not quit.”
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