Numbers 12, verse 3
Luke 5, verses 12 through 16
With leprosy as a symbol of our infirmities, which result (ultimately) from our propensity to live life separate from God, we are given three examples of an attitude that aligns with God’s purpose for our lives.
It’s an attitude of meekness and service, a willingness to empty ourselves so that God can do whatever he wills to do through us. We are told (in Numbers 12:3) that Moses was the meekest man on the face of the Earth. The man in Luke 5:12-16 showed extreme meekness in putting his face on the ground before Jesus, affirming that He could heal him if He so willed it - “not my will, dear Lord, but thine.” And Jesus, after healing the multitudes of their various infirmities, rather than revel in the glory being projected onto him, withdrew into the wilderness to pray, illustrating that all his miraculous and saving works were a result of infinite and total faith in his Father.
God is faithful to address our infirmities, but that’s not our focus. It all starts with “going into the wilderness to pray,” as Jesus showed us over and over and over again. Pray, pray and pray, leaving everything else to God.
