15th.: The Lunatic Boy and Unbelief, part 1
Jesus dealt with all kinds of situations.
In Matthew chapter 17, Jesus dealt with a mental health issue:
“There came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
‘Lord, have mercy on my son. For he is a lunatic, and sore vexed.
For often times he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he departed out of him,
and the child was cured from that very hour.” (Matt. 17:15-16, 18).
Most Christians in America would not cast out this demon,
because we are accustomed to sending people to the doctors.
We do the same things that the ancient King Asa did, when he had diseased feet.
“He sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.” (2nd. Chr. 16:12).
But the source of this child's mental health problems was spiritual, not medical.
Doctor's can't help, at least not with medicine, or surgery.
Psalm 78:41 warned the ancient nation of Israel,
"... they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel."
This generation of Jews limited God, by not asking for his help.
There is a place to go to doctors.
But is there not a place to ask the Lord how He would want us to proceed,
either through the doctors, or through divine intervention.
As to the demon, this author has not had to deal with that issue, at least at the time of this writing.
Nevertheless, ask the Lord, what you should do, and listen, and watch, for his response.
“And that which fell among the thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.” (Luke 8:14)