THE HEALING TOUCH

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In Christ, Mark

The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed." Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"

"Yes, Lord," they replied.

Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

Matthew 9:20-22, 27-31

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Have you ever needed healing in your life? I think it’s pretty certain that everyone will need it at one time or another.

Some times the healing is physical. At other times, it’s psychological or emotional. Still yet other times, it can be a combination of both.

Point in case is the woman in our scripture today. We read where she “had been subject to bleeding for twelve years”…a condition that would have resulted in her being considered unclean with no one wanting to come in contact with her. I don’t know about you but 20 years is a long time to be exiled, unwanted and unloved. The physical condition was bad enough but the mental anguish had to be just as difficult.

And so the woman, in desperate need of relief from her circumstances, “came up behind” Jesus and “touched the edge of His cloak”, thinking all along to herself that "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed." The woman needed a healing touch…and she touched the person who could deliver.

For after she touched Jesus’ cloak, “Jesus turned”, …”saw her”, and said, "Take heart, daughter…your faith has healed you." And with those mere words, “the woman was healed”…set free from her afflictions…restored and renewed.

“Your faith has healed you.”

These words from Jesus resonate and ring loud in our hearts, minds and souls. Indeed, we cannot expect Jesus to do a full work of healing if we don’t have the faith that He can do it. If we read and trust in the scriptures as we should because God’s word is truth, then there’s simply no reason to not have faith. For we know that Jesus possesses the healing touch. He did back in the days of the New Testament…and He still does today.

Well, the woman wasn’t the only one healed that day.

For Jesus left her, went with the ruler to resurrect his daughter from death to life (Matthew 9:23-26), and then had an encounter with two blind men who also acknowledged their faith in Jesus by answering, “Yes, Lord” after He asked them if they believed that He was able to heal them.

We read where Jesus “touched their eyes”, saying, "According to your faith will it be done to you"…and with that “their sight was restored”. Like the woman who had been bleeding, the two men had a whole new lease on life, all because of the healing touch of Jesus.

Friends, I don’t know what your circumstances are today but I do know one thing…we serve and worship a Savior who has the healing touch if we only have faith in Him. We read it in His word…we hear stories of it each and every day as believers share their testimonies.

So what would you say if Jesus asked, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?"

My hope is that you would echo the words of the blind men and boldly say, Yes, Lord”.

His healing touch awaits you.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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