Just one touch

“A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. 27 she had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind Him through the crowd and touched his robe. 28 For she thought, “if I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. 30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, ‘who touched my robe?” (Mark 5:25-30)

Sometimes life's trial stab us with pain, bleeding until now. Our emotional hemorrhage came from broken relationships from the past or disappointments to our own self. Often disregarded, we often end up giving everything to somebody that might help us. “…Over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better.”(verse 26)

Over the years we had spent our life to a relationship that doesn’t work out. We tossed away time desiring for change and starting something new, but still end up broken. Through the process of finding a cure, the person we'd expected help left us. For new career; along the way we decided to quit job after realizing it's worth the sacrifices at all. But our cycle of defeat will continue until the root of dependence is not properly dealt by Jesus.

Then there will come a time when we had enough seeking for help, when self pity turned to acceptance, that the Healer comes.

“…she had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind Him through the crowd and touched his robe.”(verse 27)

Eager to be healed, the woman grabbed her one-shot deal with such intensified hope and faith, “For she thought, ‘if I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”(verse 28)

Realization will come in after you got tired of trying to be whole, but still, broken. I imagine her determination. She ran to Him saying, “I’m done with frustration, with depression. It’s no use trying to patch this blood gushing out of me. This is my last chance to be healed. I may have failed thousand times, but today I’ll leave them behind. I don’t care if it took me dozen year with this sickness. But no one can rob me off this time; I’ll put my faith to Jesus. Even if I have to go pass through that crowd considering my own pain, I’ll do it. I’ll touch him with my heart and faith.

“Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.” (Mark 5:29)

Then the woman, out of weeping and groaning, extracted the best worship no one has done. The grace of God flowed out to her, healing her physical body, fixing whole her life.

There in the sanctuary of the Lord, we find abundant grace like a river. Healing is freely given.

Yes, people may have used you then left you worse, but Jesus is the Healer. Perhaps a person in your past cost you your heart. Your present decision could have cost you your life as a whole. But Jesus is standing in that crowd, waiting for your touch. Leave your pain behind and press in towards Him. It may sound another false hope, but dare to trust this time.