"Arm when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And He touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them," Matt. 8:14,1514And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. (Matthew 8:14‑15).
What a difference it makes to everything when JESUS comes into one's house.
When He was come into Peter's house, He found Peter's mother-in-law ill with a fever, which would make the poor woman very restless, and possibly irritable and hard to please, and it might be that at times she would not know what she was saying or doing. Her hands would be hot and her throat dry, and she would constantly be turning from side to side without getting any relief, and the little sleep she got would be broken and troubled. Peter and those with him would be doing all they could think of to help her and to soothe and calm and comfort her and get her better, but without success.
Well, it was just then that JESUS CAME into the house, and oh, what an alteration that made at once! Notice what took place. The first thing mentioned is that He SAW her, and the next that He TOUCHED her hand—that burning, feverish, restless hand—and then that THE FEVER LEFT HER.
What a difference that would make in Peter's household, for we next read that his mother-in-law AROSE, and there and then began to SERVE others, and as Jesus Himself was with them, she would have the happiness and honor of serving Him too.
Now this was all brought about by what JESUS did.
He CAME;
He SAW;
He TOUCHED.
And what He did in Peter's house, He will do in the house of anybody who needs Him, and who will let Him in.
Although Jesus is now in heaven, He has His own way of coming into our houses, and if there is any trouble He at once sees what it is, and by His touch He will make such a change that one would not think it could possibly be the same place.
With THE TOUCH OF JESUS there is divine LOVE, divine GRACE, divine SYMPATHY, divine POWER, and when He touches us it so affects us that instead of our thinking about ourselves all the time, and living only for ourselves, we find our greatest pleasure in living unto Him who died for us, and rose again.
W. L.