As a child I remember playing a game called "Hide and Go Seek", this game brought to my mind so many memories. My sister and cousins would draw a straw to see who would have to do the chasing, it seemed like I always picked the shortest straw. So I would close my eyes and count to ten or a hundred, then run off and try to tag someone. As I was laughing about the game, I tried to figure out what was the significance of the game? I mean, we just ran around in circles until we became tired or we quit.......
Life has a way of making you go around and around chasing after things....In the bible there was a woman who had an issue twelve years, who tried every doctor and spent all of her money, yet no solution. (Luke 8:43 MSG Bible In the crowd that day there was a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with hemorrhages. She had spent every penny she had on doctors but not one had been able to help her.) Could you imagine dealing with your present day situation for twelve years, that's 4,380 days of drama! Not to mention, the fact that during this time of affliction the woman endured alot of pain, emotionally, financially and physically.
There are times in our life when we have issues that we want to be resolved. We search for clues and answers to our deepest questions. Questions about who we will marry, what kind of job we will have and even down to what will our future child/ren look like. We live in a generation where we are seeking after "stuff" to make us feel good, but what about the real issues?
Have you ever lost a job? It didn't feel good! Have you lost a loved one? It didn't feel good! Been betrayed by someone you love? Ask Jesus, it didn't feel good! Those are some of the issues that surround us everyday, but everyday we choose to turn to everything but God to heal us of our infirmities(spiritually and physically). I can only imagine that by the fourth year this woman was beginning to feel like whoa!, hey!, can anybody, somebody help me?
Even in the largest crowd this woman was very sure of what she wanted she was determined to go after Jesus, even if she had to crawl to touch his garments (Matthew 9:20 MSG Bible Just then a woman who had hemorrhaged for twelve years slipped in from behind and lightly touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, "If I can just put a finger on his robe, I'll get well." ). Her determination and faith led her to touch the hem of his robe, which led her to receive her healing.
Twelve years of chasing the wrong thing and in just one day when Jesus was passing by she decided to give her situation to him. Even in the midst of the large crowd, Jesus felt her touch him. Her touch was different than everybody else's, when she touched him, she had surrendered everything, it was nothing else left for her to do, to go and see, she had exhausted all of her resources, the only thing left for her to do was to touch Jesus. The touch was very personal it was a one on one contact and Jesus desires to do the same with you, he is not asking anything of you but to trust him and have faith that your situation will be healed.
Sometimes in order to get to our breakthrough we have to surrender everything and be emptied out so that God can fill us with his spirit. I encourage you on today to give your issues to God. You do not have to try everything to be healed, try Jesus he wants to heal you of your situation! (Luke 8:48 MSG Bible Jesus said, "Daughter, you took a risk trusting me, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed!")
God loves you and there is Greatness in You!
Additional Scripture Reading~~~Matthew 7:7-8; 9:20-21, Mark 5:25-34, Psalms 51:10-12,17, Hebrews 11:1,6, 3 John 2
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