Healing

A chronic menstrual disorder. A perpetual issue of blood. Such
A condition would be difficult for any woman of any era. But
For a Jewess, nothing could be worse. No part of her life was left
Unaffected.
Sexually..she could not touch her husband
Maternally – she could not bear children.
Domestically-anything she touched was considered unclean. No washing dishes , no sweeping floors.
Spiritually—she was not allowed to enter the temple.
She was physically exhausted and socially ostracized.
She had sought help”under the care of many doctors.”..
She was a bruised reed. She awoke daily in a body that no one wanted. She is down to her last prayer. And on the day we encounter
Her, she is about to pray it.
By the time she gets to Jesus, He is surrounded by people.
He’s on His way to help the daughter of Jairus, the most important
Man in the community. What are the odds that He wil interrupt an urgent mission with a high official to help the likes of her?????
Very few. But what are the the odd that she will survive if she doesn’t
Take a chance? Fewer still. So she takes a chance.
“If I can just touch His clothes,” she thinks, “I will be healed.”
Risky decision. To touch Him, she will have to touch the people. If
One of them recognizes her….. But what choice does she have? She
Has no money, no clout, no friends, no solutions. All she has is
Crazy hunch that Jesus can help and a high hope that He will….
There was no guarantee, of course. She hoped He’d respond..
She longed for it..but she didn’t know if He would. All she knew
Was that He was good. That’s faith.
Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the
Belief that God will do what is right.
Blessed are the dirt-poor, nothing-to-give, trapped-in-a-corner, destitute, diseased.” Jesus said, “For theirs is the kingdom of heaven”
(Matthew 5:6, writers translation)
God’s economy is upside down (or right side up and ours is upside down!) God says that the more hopeless your circumstance, the more likely your salvation. The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers. The darker the room, the greater the need for light.
A healthy lady never would have appreciated the power of a touch of the hem of His robe. But this woman was sick. and when her dilemma met His dedication, a miracle occurred.
Her part in the healing was very small. All she did was extend her arm through the crowd.
“If only I can touch Him”…
Healing begins when we do something. Healing begins when we
Reach out. Healing starts when we take a step.
Read and study
Mark 5:21-42