'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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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and...
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