Only That

Scripture References: Psalm 78:38-39; Matthew 9:2

It happened in Florida. A doctor fell from his golf cart and hit his head so hard he almost bit off his tongue. Rushed to emergency in the hospital where he had been a surgeon for thirty years, they first demanded “cash or appropriate credit documents.” He couldn’t believe what he heard. After some lusty screaming, despite his wound, he finally was admitted for treatment—which included receiving an X-ray of the wrong arm and being prepped for an electrocardiogram that no one administered.

It would be hilarious if the incompetence didn’t portend mortally serious problems in health care. Unfortunately, it has become a rule in some hospitals, and avarice causes it. The government pays so much money for Medicare and Medicaid that many doctors and hospitals refuse to treat anyone without cash, credit, or insurance.

How differently we approach our divine doctor for spiritual healing. He subordinates our need to nothing save his grace and mercy. He addresses that need above all and ministers to it immediately, knowing full well that some will not pay him the debt of gratitude owed and will not keep the promises made. He helps from the depths of his love.

Courtesy of Speaker’s Sourcebook of New Illustrations by Virgil Hurley © 1995 by Word, Incorporated.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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