Go Figure
Here in these parts where I live, when someone hears something hard to believe, they might say, “Who would have thought that? Go figure.”
Receiving information at any level that was once something not accepted, but is now presented and received, would merit a “go figure.”
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Go figure! When you see in Scripture how Jesus reacted to all sorts of dire situations in which people were in great need, you are seeing how God the Father responds to it.
So, what was the Father doing while Jesus walked the earth?
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.
Matthew 12:15 But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
Who resisted and protested these actions of Jesus, who was showing us what the Father is like?
Matthew 12:22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, “Could this be the Son of David?” 24 Now, when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”
This attitude of religious resistance to God’s goodness for those in need still exists today. You see, when God heals by supernatural means, a man cannot take the credit.
Matthew 14:14 And when Jesus went out, He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
The Father demonstrated compassion by healing through Jesus. Why would He do such a thing? Could it be due to one of His names? Jehovah Rapha. We are never more like the Father and more like Jesus than when we are being moved with compassion to do good and to heal others through the working of His mighty power on display by means of the Holy Spirit He has graciously and generously given to all who ask for Him.
This is why we should also expect to see the move of the Holy Spirit in our gatherings. God has compassion on His children. One might say He wants more for them. Go figure!
Galatians 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
The one another’s of Scripture cannot be done in isolation from the body of Christ, and the Father loves the gathering because that is the place His children come together. He will manifest Himself there as well to those who gather in faith in His name. He is still moved by compassion and supernaturally healing today. Go figure!
