And Jesus said,
"Who touched me?"
Luke 8:45a
I could only imagine what it must have been like for the woman who had an "issue of blood" to have touched the hem of the Lord's garment as He passed by...
"Who touched me?"
Luke 8:45a
I could only imagine what it must have been like for the woman who had an "issue of blood" to have touched the hem of the Lord's garment as He passed by...
Most likely, she was weak from years of slowly losing blood. She was penniless as well, for the Scripture says that she'd already spent all her savings on doctors, none of whom could help her. What a life of misery and shame! But when Jesus happened by, in faith and desperation, with perhaps nothing more than her last ounce of hope, she reached out and touched God.
I wish I could've been there to witness this. Her healing was instantaneous, yet without fanfare. Not even those in the crowd who'd been thronging the Lord knew what had happened. So, in all probability, I, too, would have missed the miracle. But in a second of time, a sickly soul was made whole. Her bleeding had stopped.
And may I venture to say that Jesus is still passing by. He is walking the earth right now through His disciples. He lives in us. And although we're not sinless as the Lord was when He walked among humanity, we have been chosen to be His ambassadors and to represent Him. So in this capacity and with His authority we can be of help to others. We can touch those around us with the love and power of God.
In the crush of the crowd, Jesus stopped to ask His disciples, "Who touched me?" Today, there are multitudes of sin-sick souls who long to touch Him, too.
D.B.
I wish I could've been there to witness this. Her healing was instantaneous, yet without fanfare. Not even those in the crowd who'd been thronging the Lord knew what had happened. So, in all probability, I, too, would have missed the miracle. But in a second of time, a sickly soul was made whole. Her bleeding had stopped.
And may I venture to say that Jesus is still passing by. He is walking the earth right now through His disciples. He lives in us. And although we're not sinless as the Lord was when He walked among humanity, we have been chosen to be His ambassadors and to represent Him. So in this capacity and with His authority we can be of help to others. We can touch those around us with the love and power of God.
In the crush of the crowd, Jesus stopped to ask His disciples, "Who touched me?" Today, there are multitudes of sin-sick souls who long to touch Him, too.
D.B.
