When Jesus “Leaves,” It’s Only For Something Better.  For the Christian, there are times when illness, disease, or suffering make it seems like Jesus leaves.  Pastor also shared a time when his dad had cancer and died, and how it felt for him that Jesus left.   What is the "something better" when Jesus withholds His providential hand?  Let's discover the better thing that was left for the people of Capernaum, how might that help you when it seems like Jesus leaves you.

Luke 4:38-44 (EHV)

Jesus got up, left the synagogue, and went into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. They asked him to help her. 39He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. 40As the sun was setting, they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases. He laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. 41Demons also came out of many people, crying out, “You are the Son of God!” He rebuked them and did not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. 42When it was day, he went out to a deserted place. The crowds were looking for him. They went up to him and were trying to prevent him from leaving them. 43But he told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, because that is why I was sent.” 44And he continued to preach in the synagogues in the land of the Jews.