Everyday when we watch the news, we are hearing about wars and viral diseases. Do we spend time to hear what Jesus has done for us and who he is? In this detail devotional, Pastor Joseph Prince discusses how to hear from Jesus.
She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
Mark 5:27–29 NLT
Perhaps like the woman with the issue of blood in the Gospels (Mark 5:25–34), you are facing an impossibly hopeless situation in your life. It could be a debilitating sickness, a marital situation, a financial crisis, or a prolonged challenge.
In the natural, the future looks dismal and there appears to be no reason to hope. If that is you, I encourage you to believe that you too can experience the kind of breakthrough this woman experienced.
Imagine: for twelve long years, she had watched helplessly as her condition went from bad to worse no matter what she tried. Most of us would have given up. How did she find hope in the midst of her hopelessness? What gave her the courage to hope again?
I believe that the secret to her faith can be found in these five words: “She had heard about Jesus.”
What you are hearing about Jesus will define your faith
What do you think she heard about Jesus? This is an important question. Because whatever she had heard imparted an audacious sense of Bible hope and confidence in her. And this imbued her with a boldness and tenacity to risk everything just to touch the hem of His garment.
She knew well the religious laws concerning unclean persons such as herself. That meant she could be subjected to public humiliation and, very possibly, violence if she was recognized. Clearly she must have had no doubt in her heart that she would be completely healed the moment she touched the hem of His garment. Or she would not have risked it.
The Bible does not tell us exactly what she heard about Jesus. But I submit to you that she must have heard story after story of how Jesus healed the sick everywhere He went. Also, how good and gracious He was even to the unclean lepers or the down-and-out who came to Him.
How are you acting on what you heard about Jesus?
What she heard about Jesus produced in her a positive, and confident expectation of good. That we can see in what she declared: “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” This hope then resulted in a faith that was effortless.
Faith as defined in God’s Word is “the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen” (Heb. 11:1 NLT). In other words, the hope that she had in the goodness of Jesus became faith. And this faith gave her the boldness to press through the crowd and receive her healing from Jesus.
What are you hearing about Jesus? The more you hear about His goodness and grace, the more faith will unconsciously arise. This will enable you to receive your miracle.
We have the responsibility to act upon what we have been hearing aboyt Jesus.
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