the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Luke 4:31-44
Cast out of Nazareth, the Lord Jesus continues His ministry in Capernaum. He teaches and heals with the kind of authority which would not have amazed the people (vv. 32, 36) had they been willing to recognise Him as the Son of God. On the other hand, the devils are not mistaken. James 2:19 tells us that they believe and they tremble. While the Lord was here their activity increased in an attempt to hinder His activity. He met unclean spirits even in the synagogue, but He would not allow them to give testimony to Him.
Vv. 38, 39 tell us how Simon’s wife’s mother was healed. The Lord Jesus leans affectionately over the ill woman, for He does not care for our illnesses from afar off. How does this woman then use the health which she has just regained? Her way speaks to all of us: "immediately she arose and ministered unto them".
Although a stranger in this world, the Lord Jesus was no stranger to its difficulties and its troubles. Evening does not interrupt His marvellous activity and early in the morning He is ready to begin again, because He has spent time apart, alone with God. But this dependence is not allowed to be frustrated by the crowds who seek to hold Him back.
