In Mark 1:42 it says, that "the leprosy left." A strange thing, it would be more natural to say the man was healed of leprosy. It doesn't say that it says the leprosy left him. Now it would be the natural thing to associate the man with the disease. The man was a leper, because he had leprosy. But here it separates it because ultimately Messiah is going to separate the disease and the man. We often look at people by their afflictions. This man is a sinner, that one is selfish. But this one is a leper. God doesn't see this one as a leper, He separates it. We should do the same thing. This is not a selfish person, this is a person who is under selfishness, but can be free of that selfishness. See the person not as they appear to be, but as God made them to be, and as Messiah redeemed them to become. Treat them as such and you will stop seeing lepers and you will start seeing the leprosy leave.
From Message #655 - If You Are Willing
Put on the eyes of God today. Separate the person from their sins and their sinful identity. And see them as God made them to be - Just as God sees you.
