“Your
Faith Has Made You Well”
So
it was, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed Him, for they were all
waiting for Him. And behold, there came
a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged Him to come to his house,
for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying.
But
as He went, the multitudes thronged Him. Now a woman, having a flow of blood
for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not
be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And
immediately her flow of blood stopped.
And
Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
When
all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng
and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”
But
Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived
power going out from Me.” Now when the
woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before
Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had
touched Him and how she was healed immediately.
And
He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go
in peace.”
Luke 8:40-48
Jesus
knew what it was like to lose His personal space in the commotion of crowds
desperate to see and touch him.
Jesus
knew the touch of the lady was different from those who merely happened to
accidentally touch Him.
A Christian’s life is the window through which others
can see Jesus.
Our
Daily Bread – March 14, 2016