day 3K13: Willing

“Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared.”

There is a ton of time spent within the workplace trying to get people to say, “I want to” or “I am willing” to do what is needed.  I’m not saying this is wasted time because whatever it takes to get someone past compliance to commitment is time well spent.  That said, how many times are we doing so one to one, over and over again versus providing a broad, compelling, sweeping vision that has everyone motivated all the time?  Considering that question, how best is our time being spent?  Time to review that vision and mission statement to be sure it is still pulling on the hearts and minds of all?

The man with leprosy asked Jesus if He was willing to heal him?  What an amazing question to ask. The man could have just begged, “Heal me!”  However instead he told Jesus that he knew he would be healed if only Jesus was “willing”.  And Jesus modeled for us that if He was willing to help another, that we should also be willing to help others in need.  We, as followers of Jesus and ones doing our best to bring glory to God through our work, shouldn’t ever have to be “talked into” or “convinced” that we need to go further to help others.  We should start from the place of our Lord, and just be “willing”.

Reference:  Matthew 8:3 (New Living Translation)