'For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole' (Matthew 9:21).
Jesus while on earth, did a lot of of miracles. He healed the sick, restore sight to the blind; speech to the dumb and hearing to the deaf. He cast out demons, cleansed the lepers and raised the dead among other things. People followed Him wherever he went, they were like sheep without a shepherd and Jesus was filled with compassion for them. All who come in personal contact with Jesus cannot be the same again. Jesus was approached by Jarius, the ruler of the synagogue to heal his daughter who was dying. However, as he make way to follow Jarius, a miracle happened. A woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years, hearing about Jesus and wanted to be healed, came up behind him and touched the hem of his garment and was immediately healed. (See Matthew 9:18-20). She thought to herself that if she could just touch his garment, she would be healed. This woman was deemed unclean and didn't want to be seen; but Jesus knowing virtue had gone out of him, asked 'who touched my clothes?' (Mark 5:28-30) She reluctantly admit to it and Jesus told her, that her faith had made her whole. This women was imperfect, she thought the physical touch of his garment would heal her, not realising that the power to heal comes directly from Christ himself. But Christ identified with her, he saw her genuine faith and using the faith she had, he healed her by his divine will to bring glory to His Father and to bring her to a level of a higher spiritual faith. She was not only healed physically, but spiritually too. The Bible tells us that if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed we can remove mountains. (Matthew 17:20) When we experience genuine faith in Jesus, God is willing to accept it, even though there may be aspects of imperfection in it. Jesus is our Healer and Balm in Gilead and will heal us from our sin sick souls, when we come to Him in faith. Whatever you're going through, take Jesus at his word and trust him wholeheartedly, placing your faith in him; He will heal you physically, spiritually and emotionally. He said, "Anything you asked in My name, that will I do, that the Father will be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it."(John 14:13-14). When we pray in Christ's name we accept His character, manifest His Spirit and do work of his will. Let us seek to be obedient to Christ as we come to Him in faith.
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Devotional 'The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed' (Psalm 28:8). The Lord our God is the glory of our strength, and in His name we shall rejoice all the day. The Lord is our strength, and the saving strength of His anointed. It is through Christ our anointed that all our blessings come to us. Here we see David, who is a type of our Lord Jesus, praising God. What about you? Christ had done much for us and has achieved full salvation for us, therefore, praise Him! We, like Israel are encouraged that the Lord is our Strength and salvation. When we seek to be in a relationship with God, He will protect us from our enemies and save us from the crutches of Satan. Just as how Satan attempts to destroy Christ many times, whilst he was on earth, God saved him and will do the same for us. Christ died to save us all, but it is those who trust Him and have a saving relationship with him that will spend eternity with. He is our High Priest, and J...
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