THE STORY OF JESUS: Mark 5:21-29
“Put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” (Mark 5:23)
These two believe that just a touch from Jesus, and they will be healed.
Somehow – they don’t know how – God’s healing LIFE flows through Jesus.
I have found this idea, the image of Jesus’ touch, helpful in my own prayers.
When praying for the sick, I imagine Jesus’ hand touching and healing them.
I don’t have the gift of healing, but I do believe healing can flow through me.
Through laying on of hands, I am a link between God and those needing healing.
Like the clothes of Jesus, not Jesus but near Jesus, I can convey God’s healing LIFE.
Even crowds pressing in on Jesus were blessed by God’s Spirit through Him.
The key is proximity: being WITH Jesus is needed for His power through us.
“They saw the courage of Peter and John and realized they were unschooled, ordinary men. They were astonished and took note that they had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13)
As Jesus followers, don’t underestimate what God in Jesus can do through us!
We can prayerfully spread the LIFE of Jesus with everyone that connects with us!
“Put Your hands on (this person) so that they will be healed and live.” (Mark 5:23)
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, strengthen my faith that I may believe that ‘just a touch with You’ is all that it takes to spread Your healing LIFE and love.