What if we followed her example? She was running, pushing, and shoving to get to Jesus that she might just touch Him. She knew that there was POWER in Him to heal her, power to change her so that she could experience a new life.
Jesus did not allow her to go unnoticed but makes her identify her faith in Him. She wanted her story go unknown as she began to slip out of the crowd. She was embarrassed and scared but Jesus knew that without identifying herself with Him, she would lose the transforming power of Jesus to live her life with others and to come out of hiding.
Jesus takes our secret life (no matter how shameful) and challenges us to come forward as we are and share with those around us why we came to Jesus. Then Jesus calls you son or daughter and declares, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."
The story of every person is one of hiding. Jesus calls us from our secret life in the world to a new life hidden in Him. Take time to share your story of hiding and allow God to bring healing to you as you share your story.
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I wonder what it was like when her eyes met Jesus. I wonder what was going through her mind before she touched the hem of His robe. I wonder if this was here last attempt before she was going to call it “quits”. I wonder what shame and humiliation she must have felt for twelve years. I wonder what she felt when she walked away. I wonder how she heard about Jesus. I wonder who told her about Him.
I know that there are a lot of people out there, like this women, who are hurt, discouraged, shamed and hopeless that need to reach out and touch Jesus. I know that I must continue to share how awesome God is and what He has done in my life. I know that sometimes people are just waiting for me to share with them what they need to do. And like this lady, they will try. They have tried everything else and everything else doesn’t seem to work. But I know that there is a change that takes place with Jesus. I can never stop sharing because there are too many people in our world who have been bleeding for a long time.
Dear Father – please help me never to forget your healing touch in my life. Please help me to continue to share how awesome you are with those who are hurting and need your touch. Thank You for being so awesome!
- Jim Duran, August 9th, 2009 at 5:33 am
Father God, please convict me to live completly for you so that my faith can be what it once was. People ask me to pray for them and I don’t want to because of answers that I have not liked. My faith is weak and I want it to be strong. I don’t know how or what magic words would heal my faith, God, but I confess that I am lacking terribly.
Well God, you hear my sons playing cars and arguing, but I’ll try to stay focused on you as best i can.
Amen
- david, August 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Amen!
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