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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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What Do You Have in YourHand?

Mark 6:38:  “How many loaves do you have?  Go and see.”  

 

Are you facing an insurmountable problem?  

Are you being asked to use meager resources to do the impossible?  If so, you can relate to the disciples.  Jesus told them to provide food for 5,000 men, not counting women and children.  They struggled to do the math and count the cost. They even suggested sending the people away to eliminate the problem altogether.  Jesus didn’t explain how He would work this out because heaven’s supply was the answer.  He simply challenged them to give what they already had.  Five loaves and two fish became the starting point for a miracle meal.  These resources, blessed by Jesus, satisfied their hunger and even provided leftovers.  If what we have is enough, we do not need to call on Jesus.  

 

  Figuring out how God will multiply what we have keeps us from trusting Him.  The things that don’t make earthly sense find perfect solutions in heaven’s economy.  Why?  He uses what we already have, blesses it and then multiplies it.  The more we depend on Him, the less we own the outcome.  He is looking for us to give what we have—to commit those “loaves and fish”  to Him.  

 

Give Him what you have.  Release ownership of the solution.  Give thanks for the answer.