Tuesday May 02nd, 2023
« If they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well.” »
10 Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her,
“Woman, you are free from your infirmity.”
13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Several times in the Bible, virtue or power is transferred from a source to a recipient through a touch.
We also see through the Bible that there are different kinds of touches.
There is the touch of life, and there is the touch of sin and death.
We also find the touch of healing and the touch of sickness.
For example, when God’s breath of life touched the lifeless body of the man whom He formed out of the dust of the earth, he became a living soul (Genesis 2:7).
In like manner, when the devil was permitted by God to touch Job with the touch of sickness, Job became grievously sick to the point of death. Thank God that the touch of healing was given to override the touch of sickness.
Are you sick in your body?
The Lord will touch you with His healing touch today in Jesus’ Name.
The Lord Jesus in John 10:10 NLT said:
« The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give my children a rich and satisfying life »
In other words, the devil came to touch humanity with all kinds of sicknesses, but Jesus came with His healing touch to rescue us from them all. Praise God!
However, it is amazing that some children of God do not know their Father the way they ought to know Him.
They trust Him for all manner of things, including the most costly of them all, which is the salvation of their souls, yet they find it difficult to trust Him for the healing of their bodies.
With the prevalence of several incurable diseases, children of God need to begin to trust God for His healing touch.
This is necessary because from time immemorial, man’s best efforts to cure diseases and sicknesses have always been limited in impact, and millions are still suffering incurably today.
The woman with the issue of blood is an example of someone who suffered a great deal from an incurable disease. Mark 5:25-26GWT says this about her:
25 In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. 26 Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse.
She remained in this condition until her touch of faith drew the healing touch of the Master into her life.
Today’s Bible reading tells of another woman who was sick for eighteen years. She encountered the healing touch of the Master and was made whole.
Beyond this, today’s memory verse assures us that if only we believe, we can even graduate from being healed to becoming agents of healing.
I pray that this will be your testimony in Jesus’ Name.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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