"Then Jesus said to him, 'See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.'" Matthew 8:4
A traditional Korean folktale of healing has several components: a sick mother who has tried everything to get well but to no avail, a son who is upright and loving as seen by everyone in town, a supernatural calling that directs the son to a mythical herb somewhere far away, the arduous travel and the happy ending.
This was one of the first points our Pharmacology professor discussed, that our inherent belief of healing to be miraculous needs to be broken. Now, I thought this was true for all Christians as well. Too often, we become passive and blindly ask God for answers to all our life's problems. Often, however, God has already given us a lot of potential to go seek the answers ourselves. How else could you explain all the countless research and findings of the entire civilization? We have knocked, and we have received so many!
Why is it that Jesus tells the man to keep the miraculous healing to himself? Maybe it was to show that our physical needs are no greater news than our spiritual salvation. Why is it that we need to break free to holding onto miracles? Maybe because the only miracle we need to ask for is for us to be messengers of the gospel, not our daily needs.
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