Key Verse
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
(Mark 5:34)
Key Concept
God is a compassionate God, and He is always at work and will meet our needs.
OUR COMPASSIONATE LORD
In Mark 5 Jesus shows great power in performing three miracles. Jesus has victory over evil spirits, a diseased woman, and a dead girl. The religious leaders of the day considered these people unclean. These people were shunned by society. However, Jesus, with all His love and compassion, reached out and helped ANYONE in need.
Each one of these miracles is unique. However, my attention is drawn to the woman who was healed. This woman suffered from an incurable bleeding condition. Therefore, she was an outcast to society. Scripture tells us that the woman desperately wanted Jesus to heal her, but she knew she was unclean under Jewish law. She realized that she could not go near Jesus. Still, she had so much faith that she believed that just touching Jesus’ clothes would heal her. She was immediately healed, and Jesus told the crowd that it was her faith, not her action, that healed her.
I can just imagine seeing this story unfold. This sick woman heard that Jesus would be in town. She had heard of his great healing miracles. Given her condition, she was probably so scared to leave her house and go into the crowd that was gathered to see Jesus. She probably wondered how Jesus would react to her. However, she pressed forward in faith into the crowd and touched Jesus’ clothes. Jesus did not even see her face. He stopped and asked who had touched Him. This verse tells us that He felt the power leave Him. Jesus then praises her for her faith. This must have been a glorious moment for a woman who had suffered for so long.
I often wonder how many times people do not go to God for forgiveness, healing, or acceptance because they feel “unclean” due to sin in their lives. Scripture tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. In my opinion, so many of us cannot grasp all the love and grace that Jesus offers. Even as a Christ-follower it still amazes me how much God loves us and how He has made a way for us that includes peace and unconditional love. He has given us His word, the Bible, so that we can have instructions on how to live.
In His word there are so many examples of people who have really, really made a disaster of their lives. However, when they called on God they were forgiven. In Psalm 51, David pleads for mercy and forgiveness: "1Have mercy of me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me."
David and the diseased woman went boldly in faith to God. We should never be afraid to do the same. Only when we ask forgiveness for our sins and take our problems to God can we experience the peace of Jesus.
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
(Mark 5:34)
Key Concept
God is a compassionate God, and He is always at work and will meet our needs.
OUR COMPASSIONATE LORD
In Mark 5 Jesus shows great power in performing three miracles. Jesus has victory over evil spirits, a diseased woman, and a dead girl. The religious leaders of the day considered these people unclean. These people were shunned by society. However, Jesus, with all His love and compassion, reached out and helped ANYONE in need.
Each one of these miracles is unique. However, my attention is drawn to the woman who was healed. This woman suffered from an incurable bleeding condition. Therefore, she was an outcast to society. Scripture tells us that the woman desperately wanted Jesus to heal her, but she knew she was unclean under Jewish law. She realized that she could not go near Jesus. Still, she had so much faith that she believed that just touching Jesus’ clothes would heal her. She was immediately healed, and Jesus told the crowd that it was her faith, not her action, that healed her.
I can just imagine seeing this story unfold. This sick woman heard that Jesus would be in town. She had heard of his great healing miracles. Given her condition, she was probably so scared to leave her house and go into the crowd that was gathered to see Jesus. She probably wondered how Jesus would react to her. However, she pressed forward in faith into the crowd and touched Jesus’ clothes. Jesus did not even see her face. He stopped and asked who had touched Him. This verse tells us that He felt the power leave Him. Jesus then praises her for her faith. This must have been a glorious moment for a woman who had suffered for so long.
I often wonder how many times people do not go to God for forgiveness, healing, or acceptance because they feel “unclean” due to sin in their lives. Scripture tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. In my opinion, so many of us cannot grasp all the love and grace that Jesus offers. Even as a Christ-follower it still amazes me how much God loves us and how He has made a way for us that includes peace and unconditional love. He has given us His word, the Bible, so that we can have instructions on how to live.
In His word there are so many examples of people who have really, really made a disaster of their lives. However, when they called on God they were forgiven. In Psalm 51, David pleads for mercy and forgiveness: "1Have mercy of me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me."
David and the diseased woman went boldly in faith to God. We should never be afraid to do the same. Only when we ask forgiveness for our sins and take our problems to God can we experience the peace of Jesus.
Your post really hit home this morning. There have been so many times when I have turned away from God because of my sinfulness instead of turning to Him and confessing. Thank you.
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