📖 Mark 3:5 (KJV) Stretch Forth Thine Hand

 


📖 Mark 3:5 (KJV):
“And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”

“When he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts”

  • Jesus’ anger was holy — directed at the stubborn unbelief of the Pharisees.

  • His grief shows His heart of compassion; their hardness broke Him more than the man’s hand.

📖 Ezekiel 36:26 (KJV):
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”

👉 Meaning: Hardened hearts grieve Jesus — He desires hearts soft to God.

“He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.”

  • The command seems impossible — yet in obedience, the miracle happens.

  • The man’s faith is shown not in words, but in stretching out the very thing that was broken.

📖 Philippians 4:13 (KJV):
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

👉 Meaning: When Jesus commands, He empowers us to obey.

“And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.”

  • Restoration came instantly — wholeness replaced brokenness.

  • The miracle was not partial, but complete.

📖 Joel 2:25 (KJV):
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”

👉 Meaning: In Christ, what was lost or withered is made whole.

🙏 Reflective Prayer from Mark 3:5

Abba Father, in the name of Jesus,
I thank You for the compassion of Christ, who grieves over hardened hearts and delights to restore broken lives. Lord Jesus, speak to me as You did to the man with the withered hand: “Stretch forth thine hand.”

I bring my weaknesses before You, the areas of my life that seem impossible to heal. Give me faith to obey even when the command feels beyond my strength. Restore me by Your power, making me whole in spirit, soul, and body.

Let my life bear witness that at Your word, brokenness is turned to beauty, and weakness is clothed in strength.

In Jesus Almighty name, Amen.

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