Have you been sick for several days? Did you wish the illness would simply go away? Have you known someone who dealt with a disease for years? Did you wish they would be healed of the disease? Can you imagine what it would have been like to be healed immediately?
Illnesses and diseases are common. We expect to contract a cold, flu, or even covid at some point during the year. We don’t like it, but we know it is very likely it will happen. We doctor ourselves with medications to manage the symptoms until they run their course.
We all know someone who has dealt with a serious disease. It may be cancer, lupus, fibromyalgia, or ALS. Those who have lupus or fibromyalgia wrestle with the effects for a lifetime. Some days, they are nearly incapacitated with pain. Those who battle cancer have the possibility of being cured, but many are not. ALS is an unforgiving disease that has only one outcome.
A woman who had dealt with a bleeding disease for twelve years grasped at the last straw of hope when she approached Jesus. She had heard He had healed many others, even casting out demons. She was convinced that He could heal her. So much so that she just sought to touch his clothes. The slightest touch would bring about healing.
Jesus knew immediately she had touched His clothes and had been healed. He felt power leave Him. He looked around to find who had touched Him. There was a large crowd who were all bumping into Him, yet it was this woman who had drawn power from Him to be healed. Jesus tells us it was her faith that healed her. It was her faith that drew upon His power to be healed.
Our faith can bring about healing. That doesn’t mean there will always be a healing. Yet, there are healings because of someone’s faith. That faith comes from deep within and is often a desperate desire to be healed. But make no mistake about it. It only occurs within God’s will. When God has a plan for the person who is ill, when they are to be a witness to his power, the healing happens.
I pray we all seek to fulfill God’s will. I pray we reach out to God and the hope he offers. I pray each one of us deepen our faith in Jesus and His healing power to heal us of our illnesses. Trust God. Seek his will. Deepen your faith. Seek healing from God. Know he has a plan for you.
Mark 5:27-28 She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.”
Marty Pressey 