It is only faith that releases His healing power; reach out to Him in faith

I will trust in the Lord for He is good, faithful, and just.  He has wonderful plans for me, and I know He holds my future.

Dear Lord, open our hearts and our minds to the power of Your Word, which as we read, we may know, understand, and obey Your Word for us today.  We pray in Jesus’ name.  Amen.  (Author unknown)

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL – Friday, June 14, 2024

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Today’s daily reading:

[It is only faith that releases His healing power; reach out to Him in faith]

DILEMMAS AND DEEPER FAITH

Scripture reading:

It was virtually impossible to get close to Jesus, but one woman fought her way desperately through the crowd in order to touch Him.  As soon as she did, she was healed.  What a difference between the crowds who are curious about Jesus and the few who reach out and touch Him!  . . . It is only faith that releases God’s healing power.  Move beyond curiosity.  Reach out to Christ in faith.  That touch will change your life forever.  (NLT)

Mark 5:21-34 – Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore.  Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived.  When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, pleading fervently with him.  “My little daughter is dying,” he said.  “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”

Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him.  A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding.  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.  She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.  For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”  Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.

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?”

His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you.  How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”

But he kept on looking around to see who had done it.  Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.  And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well.  Go in peace.  Your suffering is over.”

Today’s story is by:  Arthur Jackson

Daughter, your faith has healed you.  –Mark 5:34

During a Saturday morning Bible study, a father was perplexed because his beloved, wayward daughter had returned to the city, but he was uncomfortable with her in his home because of her behavior.  Another attendee was not well in her body because the physical effects of long-term disease and aging had taken their toll.  Numerous visits to numerous doctors had yielded minimal progress.  She was discouraged.  By divine design, Mark chapter 5 was the Bible passage they studied that day.  And when the study was over, hope and joy were palpable.

In Mark 5:23, Jairus, a father with a sick child, exclaimed, “My little daughter is dying.”  On His way to visit the girl, Jesus healed an unnamed woman of her long-term health issue, saying, “Daughter, your faith has healed you” (v. 34).  Jairus and the woman, compelled by faith in Jesus, sought Him out and they weren’t disappointed.  But in both cases, prior to meeting Jesus, things had progressed from “bad to worse” before getting better.

Life’s dilemmas don’t discriminate.  Regardless of gender or age, race or class, we all face situations that perplex us and send us searching for answers.  Rather than allowing challenges to keep us from Jesus, let’s strive to have them stir us to deeper faith in the One who feels it when we touch Him (v. 30) and who can make us well.

[If you would like to journal, reflect, meditate, or pray on today’s reading:]

– What current situation compels you to seek Jesus?

– What’s your heartfelt prayer today?

Prayer: Dear Jesus, You know each painful situation in my life.  Please make me strong in faith even when things go from bad to worse.

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