Mark 7:31-37
Then he left the district of Tzor and went through Tzidon to Lake Kinneret and on to the region of the Ten Towns. They brought him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment and asked Yeshua to lay his hand on him. Taking him off alone, away from the crowd, Yeshua put his fingers into the man’s ears, spat, and touched his tongue; then, looking up to heaven, he gave a deep groan and said to him, “Hippatach!” (that is, “Be opened!”). His ears were opened, his tongue was freed, and he began speaking clearly. Yeshua ordered the people to tell no one; but the more he insisted, the more zealously they spread the news. People were overcome with amazement. “Everything he does, he does well!” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!”
Almost every time Yeshua healed someone in the Gospels trust in God is credited for power behind the miracle. The Ten Towns were a Greek enclave in Northern Israel in the region of Gerasene where Yeshua had freed the possessed man earlier and told him to witness in his home of the Ten Towns. How much more difficult would this healing of the deaf and mute man have been if the possessed man had not first created a foundation of trust among the people with his testimony. Lord never let me be ashamed of my trust in You or the deliverance You have given me as my witness to Your power in my life so that others may come to trust in You. I ask this in Yeshua’s name, amen.