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2217 He Is Willing
Friday, 9 October, 2026
Someone listening is questioning if they could ever be enough for God. They’re afraid if they really give God their heart, something bad will happen – so they hold back. You’re exhausted from the yo-yo living – the ups followed by the hard downs. Feelings of shame, regret, guilt, of being unworthy and unseen. And Sis, there’s a reason you’re listening today. Please hear me – you are not alone in these feelings and these questions. Most of us have struggled with this surrender to something, someone unseen. OF COURSE WE HAVE. When you hear someone say, “God spoke to me about this” or “The Holy Spirit told me that”, you’re catching us YEARS into the journey of a relationship with an unseen loving Father who has patiently pursued us. You are being patiently pursued. Every day of your life, your creator has seen you, known you, cared about you. You have never been not enough for him, and never too much. The voice that tells you God doesn’t want you comes from one source – THAT IS THE ENEMY OF YOUR SOUL. Could you dare to believe that God is speaking through me directly to you in this moment and he’s saying, “My girl, I love you wildly, without boundary, without restriction, and without end. You are mine. I created you because I wanted you. I chose you and I’ve only been waiting for you to choose me back. Once you do, then our relationship begins.” Yes, a relationship. Not always some huge, miraculous earth-shaking moment. Not a booming voice from Heaven. I’ve never heard the angels break out in a chorus. Please, let’s be real for a moment. A growing relationship with God looks more like you giving him space, giving him time, diving into his word, pushing your worries and fears over to him – then do it again – and again – and again. Without the booming voice. Without the flashing signs. Without the immediate confirmation. That’s the part no one talks about. This silence in between that feels so uncertain. And in this space of silence where God is working in the unseen, aligning his every good plan for your life to unfold, that’s when the enemy swoops in with pokes and prods of unworthiness. “Would Jesus really care about you? Why would he want you? What makes you think he would ever have something better for you?” But, Sis, there’s another voice to hear. A voice that will not force its way in. A voice that keeps extending an invitation. A voice that is saying over and over and over again: “I AM WILLING.” Jesus wants you to hear him today, “I am willing. I’m willing to love you. I’m willing to save you. I’m willing to heal you. I’m willing to restore you. I’m willing to make something beautiful out of what you thought was beyond repair. I’m willing to lead you into a life better than you could have ever imagined.” But here’s the deal – you have to trust him! Trust him enough to ask. Trust him enough to surrender. Trust him enough to dare to believe he’s willing for you. Matthew 8: 1-3 is the miracle of Jesus healing the man with leprosy. This isn’t just a story of Jesus healing one man a few thousand years ago – this is a story for you and I today revealing his heart toward us. His offer to catch us. His willingness to reach for the person everyone else has pushed away. His willingness to meet us right where we are, without requiring us to clean ourselves up first. Listen to this short story, and find yourself in it. “Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside. Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him, ‘Lord,’ the man said, ‘if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched him, ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ And instantly the leprosy disappeared.” To understand this miracle, you must understand the disease. In Jesus’ day, leprosy was devastating. It brought physical suffering, but it also brought isolation. People with leprosy would be separated from their communities, cut off from ordinary relationships, and treated as untouchable. Imagine not being able to hug your family, hold a friend’s hand, or walk through town without people moving away from you. The law for a leper stated they had to move through a crowd by yelling loudly, “UNCLEAN. UNCLEAN. UNCLEAN.” By announcing their disease, they were instantly avoided. The crowds would part. Nobody wanted to touch or be touched by a leper. So in this story, we know there is a large crowd following Jesus down the mountainside. And we know this sick man had to come out of the shadows, out of hiding and do the exact thing he was told he COULDN’T DO – APPROACH SOMEONE. And the someone he was approaching was Jesus. This was not only courageous, but this was dangerous. This man with the incurable and highly contagious disease of leprosy was crossing a boundary. He risked not only rejection, but he risked punishment. That’s what desperation does. Desperation says I can’t keep waiting. I can’t continue living like this. I have to do something and I have to do it now. Desperate is a powerful place to find yourself. And what this desperate man did was he hit his knees before Jesus. THIS WAS THE ONLY RIGHT MOVE. My friend, this is your next move. It’s the only right move. If you’re desperate, that’s actually the best news ever because you’re standing on the edge of your breakthrough. Come to Jesus and just HIT YOUR KNEES. There, on his knees, kneeling before Jesus, having come close in his desperation, he says, “Lord, if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” That’s what faith sounds like. Faith that says Jesus, you can because of who YOU ARE, not because of who I am. You can because of the power you hold, Jesus, not because of my performance. This is the moment where he sees it’s all about Jesus, not about him. Are you there yet, Sis? Are you in that place where you finally realize this has nothing to do with your ability to change yourself, your past, your willpower, your self-control, or your diagnosis. This isn’t about you – this is about JESUS. Jesus meeting you right where you are and doing what you could never do. Recognizing he alone holds the power. And then Jesus did something extraordinary. Jesus didn’t back away. He reached out and touched him. He touched him while the sores still covered his body. While he was still unclean, contagious and dangerous. While he was still in the same state that had forced him into isolation. Jesus reached for him. This man had spent his life being told to keep his distance. But when he came to Jesus, Jesus closed the distance. James 4:8 tells us “Come close to God, and God will come close to you” – and here we see it in action. He came near Jesus and knelt in faith, and Jesus came right to him, reached out, closed the distance, filled the gap – and then he spoke three words … “I am willing.” Jesus is willing. Willing to come close to you. Willing to step into your mess. Willing to meet you right where you are. Willing to see who you really are and not turn away. WILLING TO HEAL YOU. We’re not just talking about physical healing. We’re talking about healing for your heart and mind. Healing of those past wounds. Healing of the very things that have kept you distant, kept you in the dark, kept you in feelings of brokenness. JESUS IS WILLING TO HEAL YOU. And Sis, here’s what I want you to understand. Jesus didn’t wait for the man to become clean before He reached for him. He reached for him while he was still unclean. Don’t miss that. You don’t have to get your life together before you come to Jesus. You don’t have to fix yourself or prove you’re worthy of His love. You don’t have to become a better version of yourself before you approach Him. You come as you are, and you let Him do what only He can do. You’ve been trying to get clean enough to come to Jesus, when Jesus is the One who makes you clean. You’ve been trying to become worthy of His love, when His love was never something you could earn. You’ve been holding back your heart because you’re afraid of what surrender might cost you, never realizing what holding back is already costing you. Oh, my friend, what if you stopped running from the very One who wants to heal you? What if you stopped hiding the parts of yourself you think would make Him turn away? What if today, you finally believed that when Jesus looks at you, He doesn’t see someone He wishes would get her act together. He sees someone He loves enough to reach for. And maybe your prayer today isn’t some beautiful, perfectly worded prayer. Maybe it’s simply, “Jesus, I’m scared. I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know what surrender will look like. But I want to believe You love me. I want to believe You’re willing. So here I am.” That’s a beginning. You don’t have to understand everything about God to begin a relationship with Him. You don’t have to know what tomorrow holds to trust Him with today. You don’t have to hear a booming voice from Heaven to take the next step of faith. Open His Word. Talk to Him honestly. Tell Him what scares you. Ask Him to help you trust His heart, even when you can’t see what He’s doing. And when the doubts creep back in tomorrow, because they probably will, come close again. When you feel unworthy, come close again. When you don’t understand what God is doing, come close again. A relationship with Jesus isn’t built on one perfect moment of faith. It’s built as you keep bringing your imperfect, sometimes-questioning, sometimes-scared heart back to the One who loves you. Remember what happened in this story? The man came to Jesus with one question: “If You are willing…” Jesus answered him. “I am willing.” Today, let this be your declaration: JESUS, I BELIEVE YOU ARE ABLE. AND TODAY, I’M CHOOSING TO BELIEVE YOU ARE WILLING. I’m willing to let You love me. I’m willing to let You lead me. I’m willing to trust You with the things I cannot control. I’m willing to stop trying to heal myself and let You into the places that hurt. I don’t have all the answers, Jesus. But I’m done keeping You at a distance. I’m coming close. And Jesus, I believe You are willing. Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com
