I had a conversation yesterday with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. I was quite sad to hear how much loss and pain she had suffered in the time since I last saw her. Her health had suffered as a result of all the stress. Constant fatigue, sleeplessness, relentless pain, migraines, nerves misfiring…… the burden with disease is not just the physical suffering that punishes your body, its also the isolation and loneliness. Your poor physical condition cuts you off from community.
Its hard to cope with life when it crushes you and you have no comeback, Like the woman in the bible who spent all she had to overcome her 12 year bloody issue ( no I am not cussin’) …..when we have spent all we know and have and find no help, cure or solution, our bodies bow over to disease. Our minds hurt and our hearts bleed. Sickness has a way of shutting us out from life.
This is me and this is you reading this! This is a lesson from the unclean woman in the bible. She touched Jesus and became whole.
The law required that anything she touched would become unclean and defiled [Leviticus 15:25]. The very thought of touching a “ Holy man” was counter cultural. It should not have been a reasonable option for her. The outcome though, justified her actions. In the end, it was not the case that she would defile Jesus, but rather that Jesus would sanctify her.
In today’s world, it must seem counter intuitive to pray and ask God for healing….. Who is God? We don’ t know Him very well, much less believe that He truly exists or that He could possibly care about me and my pain. Faith in Jesus gives us a new and different perspective. Like the woman who had nothing else to lose or live for, we can reach out to Jesus for healing and freedom.
Don’t hold back anymore. Jesus is near and willing to heal you. Believe!