Wednesday October 23rd, 2024
« Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed »
25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.
28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”
29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing.
33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
- Beloved, if God touches you, your life will never remain the same.
The issue now is that God has millions of children; how are you sure that He will single you out and touch you in particular?
Well, whether God touches you or you touch God, the result is the same.
If a wire carrying electricity drops on a person or somebody mistakenly touches it, the result will be the same.
Our God is a Consuming Fire (Hebrews 12:29).
Whether He is the One who touches you or you touch Him, the result will be the same.
In the Bible reading for today, the woman with the issue of blood just touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and the Lord said virtue had gone out of Him.
How do you touch God?
You can touch Him by faith.
In Matthew 8:5-13, the Bible tells us the story of a centurion who came to Jesus saying that he needed his servant to be healed.
Jesus said He would come and heal him, but the centurion said He should just speak a word and he knew that his servant would be healed.
The man’s faith touched Jesus.
Jesus Christ said, I have never seen this kind of faith before, no, not in Israel.
Some time ago, I got a letter from someone who said, “I have a series of problems. I am not asking that you come and pray for me, I am not booking an appointment; I know that if you can just read my letter, I will get my miracles”. I read the letter and said to the Lord: “ Almighty God, You have to honour this faith” . Two weeks later, I got another letter from the same fellow saying, “I know you read my letter because God has done it”.
How strong is your faith?
Can it touch God?
If your faith is not strong enough to touch the Lord, then you need to study and hear the word of God more often.
« So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ »
Just keep consuming God’s word, whether it is through the Bible, books or sermons of genuine men and women of God and you will see your faith grow so much that it will touch God and the impossible will become possible in your life.
Prayer focus – Father, help my faith to grow so much that it will touch You, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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