The Power of Faith

for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well." Mark 5:28

I think that it's easy to get a wrong impression of who God is. That somehow if we have a need, we are not sure whether he will answer our prayer and hear us.

Jesus is walking along, a huge crowd following Him. And one of the people in the crowd is a woman - she's been bleeding for 12 years. That means that according to Jewish law, she's unclean. She's an outcast. But she's heard about Jesus….about how He heals people.

And so she goes along this day and thinks to herself - "If only I could touch His cloak, I'd be healed." And she did - touch His cloak. And she was - healed.

This woman is disparate for God to heal her. She knows that Jesus can heal. She goes all the way to be healed, even by touching the seams of the garment. She is not shy or afraid about it. She is very focus on Jesus to heal her.

Jesus feels the power go out of Him and He turns around and says - "Who touched me?" - His disciples say - "What - there's a huge crowd here, what do you mean ‘Who touched me?'"

But Jesus knew there was something different about this woman - her faith. And that faith drew on His power. It was her faith and His power that healed her.

Friends, whether you are going through difficulties in life, your career, your health, your family, your financial situation, come to to Jesus. He is Able and He Can! Run to Him, Be disparate, Only Believe!