"When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, 'If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well' ". Mark 5:27-28
We can learn a lot from the woman that had an issue of blood. The author did not share the woman's name but her action is what she is remembered for. After suffering for several years with her issue, she made up her mind to seek Jesus. Her issue had been with her for 12 years and no one was able to help her. At this point, her desperation led her to her knees.
She was not too proud to bow herself and position herself to touch Jesus as he was passing by. Her faith in his ability to heal her superseded all of her feelings of shame, unworthiness, doubt and fear. Her persistence and pressing opened the door for her healing.
She didn’t desire to touch his hand, cling to his leg or gaze into his eyes; touching his garment was enough. Why? Because that is what she believed. She had great faith to believe that all she had to do was come into contact. She was right, she gave her testimony and walked away without her issue.
Today, God wants you to be persistent in pushing pass the crowd in your life and come into contact with him. Whatever the crowd represent in your life that is making it difficult to position yourself for a touch. We all have issues that we alone cannot resolve that requires Jesus' intervention. Yet we lose patience and we yield to the things that crowd our live and distance us from our Savior.
I can imagine how weak she must have felt, tired, overlooked, bankrupt, and desperate for a change in her life after 12 years of dealing with a disease that kept her isolated. She took her shot at being free. She understood that her Kairos moment had come. Jesus, out of everyone she encountered was the right person, at the right time, to heal her and set her free from the sickness that had her bound for over a decade.
God wants us to be free from the issues that keeps us bound and seize our Kairos moment. All we have to do is seek him and believe that he can address the things in our life that we can't overcome on our own. The issues of life only get easier when we know we have a God that is willing to help us resolve them.
Take time to Pray this Prayer:
Lord, please help me to press my way through to you regardless of the things that try and crowd my life and compete for my attention. Father give me a fervent spirit that will pursue you with great persistence. Let every issue that is trying to hold me bound be loosed from my life as I reach up in prayer, praise and worship to touch you. Help me to push back and press against every issue that is contending against me. Cause me to know your strength in my time of weakness. Lord, help me to recognize my Kairos moment and seize my opportunity of restoration and wholeness. May I fine relief in your word and cling to your promises regardless of what I face in Jesus name. Amen.
Great and timely word! This message has truly blessed me this morning. May we all recognize and seize our opportunity for restoration and wholeness. Thanks Pastor Lambert!