Mark 5:24-29 And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
The woman Mark describes for us was a desperate woman. For twelve very long years she had suffered from some sort of blood disorder. Heaped on top of this suffering was all the physicians had put her through in their vain attempts to heal her. So ... I am guessing you can feel some of her pain and frustration. And that desperation drove her to Jesus. She had heard reports of what he was capable of doing. And she "knew" that if she could get close enough to touch just his garments ... that she could be healed. So in spite of her apparent weakness, she fought her way through the crowd and touched him. Instantly she was healed!
In a very significant way, that woman is EVERY PERSON. For each one of us is desperately ill. We all suffer from a spiritual ailment that impacts every arena of this life .... and, if left unchecked, will doom us for all eternity. This condition is "sin." Unless we come to Christ, asking for his forgiveness and "healing" we will never be made whole ... and we will be lost for all of eternity.
Friend, if you have never come to Christ ... do so TODAY (Two ways to live: a choice we all face). And if you have ... then I encourage you to continue to follow this woman's example and press through the crowded corridors of your life and get (and stay) close to Jesus!
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
Just as she was healed when she touched His garment, there is comfort and hope in His presence.
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