Category: God of Your Eleventh Hour

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Hope from A Hem

Luke 8:43-44.  

 

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 

44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.—NIV

 

Are you at the end of your resources?Do your problems seem beyond solutions? There is a person who knows how you feel.  The bleeding that has plagued her for 12 years has left her weak and exhausted. This causes her to be an outcast to her family and place of worship.  Each trip to doctors who have no answers fills her heart with hope, but empties her wallet.  Now, she is propelled forward by miraculous reports of the blind seeing, the lame walking, and the deaf hearing. A spark rises within her as she braves the crowds following Jesus. At the risk of making this man unclean, she quickly touches the hem of his robe, believing she will be healed.  

 

Her touch of the garment of God is the act of faith that Jesus recognizes. Jesus rewards her risk, and acknowledges her faith with complete healing. She can now return to her family and place of worship with the assurance that she is truly clean. A step of faith always changes us and brings us closer to God.

 

You can come boldly at your hour of need

Expect what you are seeking

Give thanks

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Darkness Before the Dawn

Mark 6:48:  He saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard against the wind and waves, about 3:00 in the morning.”—NLT

 

The Disciples are in one of the sudden storms on the Sea of Galilee.  With muscles aching and morale waning, they fight the headwind.  The harder they row, the more frustrated they become.  Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000 is a distant memory.  No one thinks to call on Jesus for another miracle.  After all, He is not with them, but up on the mountain, spending time with His Father.  In the midst of His quiet time, he sees their struggle and comes to them in the noise of their chaos.

 

But why does He seem to wait in the midst of our storms?  He wants us to learn that His strength will sustain us.  It is really He who waits for us.  We find Him just before the dawn,.  When we call on Him for help with our finances, families, or future—He is there with us, providing His answers and resources.  The headwinds of life are no match for Him.  Why?  He allows us to fight the headwind because It is at this time that we reach out to Him.  Only then do we realize that His answers and provision are never late.  

 

Look to Jesus

 And lean on his everlasting arms that lift you into his peaceful care.