There are moments when we are aware of our need for God. We cry out to God and have pressing needs on our hearts. We know what this feels like and we ask God. Sometimes we're at a vending machine. We put our money in and nothing falls down. We pray, "Please God! Let it fall!" Other times we desperately want to see God in our lives. In Luke 5 someone is seeking a miracle and we see something unique about Jesus. Looking at the person of Jesus we encounter a need a person has. The needs of the people in Luke 5 are different than the needs of us today but we certainly know what it feels like to have needs. A man has leprosy. Leprosy could be a minor skin irritation or it could end in death. The challenge was there was no known cure, no way to distinguish between a minor skin problem and leprosy so the solution was isolation and quarantine. Disease and isolation, separation from society could strike anyone of any status or income if they got leprosy. This man is