May 26, 2024
648 It's Not The Healthy Who Need a Doctor, But the Sick, A Guided Christian Meditation on Matthew 9:9-13 with the Recenter With Christ app
The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in your
life and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus
Christ.
Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and
Visualization.
Get into a place where you can sit comfortably and uninterrupted
for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or
anything tensing or unrelaxing. If you feel comfortable to do
so, I invite you to close your eyes.
Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:
Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your
stomach be a balloon inflate, deflate.
Scripture for Meditation
Matthew 9
NASB
9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew sitting
in the tax collector’s office; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!”
And he got up and followed Him.
10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the
house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and began
dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw
this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with
the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He
said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but
those who are sick. 13 Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire
compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the
righteous, but sinners.”
KJV
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,
Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold,
many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his
disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why
eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole
need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and
not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners
to repentance.
Meditation on Scripture:
After healing the paralytic man and also forgiving his sin, Jesus
showed his ability and desire to heal the soul and the body. In
this scripture Jesus calls Matthew and then reminds those who would
question that decision that the sick are who need the healer. Each
of us is the sick person in this story. WE are the one who was sick
and is healed by Jesus. We are not the comfy healthy people who
belong outside Jesus’ hospital.
With that said Jesus also indirectly proclaims himself the healer
of body and soul. As we place our full faith in Jesus he heals our
soul. As we learn to trust him, he can help the betterment of our
bodies as well, if that is His purpose. This healing is actually
part of the reason why I felt like I wanted to start this podcast.
When I was a hospital chaplain I found profound resilience through
meditation. It is the thing that helped me cope with the profound
suffering I witnessed. I learned to trust in God to calm my soul
and heal my emotions.
Many people in our modern times struggle with anxiety or
other forms of diagnosable mental health concerns. I want to honor
the fact that God has infinite power and yet some very faithful
people do not have their prayers answered in the way that hope to
include the Apostle Paul. With that said, our responsibility is not
to decide for God, what things he should do or not. A healthier
mindset is to petition God in humility, work to maintain our health
to the best of our ability, and then trust in God’s grace and
eternal care.
Meditation of Prayer:
Pray as tdirected by the Spirit.
Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready
ask God for understanding you desire from Him.
Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm:
I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults
and trials.
Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and
meditate and visualize positive change in your life:
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Final Question: If you consider the invitation and command to
persevere in the faith, what change in your life does that bring to
your mind?
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