I find there's a lot don't go to Jesus for healing. There's a lot that do and they don't get healed. Why? Well, there's a lot of reasons!

But one in particular stands out from the rest. There's only once in the gospels when Jesus couldn't do very much for them. He would have wanted to, he just couldn't. It's when they got the Nazareth Syndrome! What's that?

We catch this old disease when we get Jesus out of focus like they did. In Nazareth they thought he was just Mary's son. True, but he was a lot else besides!

Adam and ~Eve were kidded into thinking God was just an old party pooper. That's getting him out of focus with earth-shattering consequences, so this disease has been around a long time.

If we think Jesus probably can heal but we don't really know whether or not he is in the right frame of mind to touch us today then we have the Nazareth Syndrome. In our knowledge of him he's got out of focus.

Actually, he never once refused to heal or put off healing anyone. He only ever said 'YES!' That's the Jesus right in focus. And ~God doesn't change!

See the difficulty here? If I throw you a tennis ball and you are looking sideways at a friend you will probably miss it! Every blessing – Mike