I read a portion of scripture yesterday that I’ve read probably 100 times before. It’s found in Luke 8 where Jesus is being surrounded by the crowds and a man named Jairus approached Him. This man had a daughter that was dying, and he had come to Jesus to see if he would come to the house to heal his daughter. In the meantime, someone else needed a miracle. You see there was a woman, who had been bleeding for quite a few years and she was waiting for her Miracle as well. The Bible says that Jairus fell on his knees before Jesus and the woman (who is unnamed) came behind him and touched the hem of His cloth.
Here is what intrigued me the most of both these stories. The Bible tells us that Jesus turned to the crowd and asked: “Who touched me.” Now being faced with having to stand out from the crowd, the Bible tells us that she began to tremble in fear.
Fast forward a few verses more, around verse 50, and see what Jesus says to the man. Jesus immediately tells him, “Do not fear.”
Two miracles, two different stories, same God, and yet there was something oddly similar in both stories. Fear was the only thing that stood between them and their miracle.
In verse 46 Jesus tells the crowd that He knows that someone touched him because He felt the power leave from Him. Her faith was so powerful that when she touched Jesus, she pulled power from his soul. WOW!
I can only hope to have faith like that one day.
So if she had the faith to pull power from God, and the man had faith enough to get Jesus to go on His way to the house, why then would they both be confronted by Jesus regarding fear.
Here is what I want to say to you. Fear can get in the way life and death for you. Fear can defy your ability to live a productive life with God. The word defies means to opening refuse or resist. Fear can openly refuse or resist your desire to live a life full of purpose. Fear can see Jesus on the road and make you tremble rather than run to him. Fear can have Jesus make His way to your house and still have you doubt if the miracle is going to happen. Fear will suck the life right out of you, and it will openly resist your ability to take your next breath.
FEAR IS LIFE DEFYING
I encourage you to look at the miracle you have been waiting for and then look at what is keeping you back from believing. I guarantee you, fear is creeping into your mind.
Don’t defy what God wants to do, Jesus said it best…..”Do not fear.”
Here is what intrigued me the most of both these stories. The Bible tells us that Jesus turned to the crowd and asked: “Who touched me.” Now being faced with having to stand out from the crowd, the Bible tells us that she began to tremble in fear.
Fast forward a few verses more, around verse 50, and see what Jesus says to the man. Jesus immediately tells him, “Do not fear.”
Two miracles, two different stories, same God, and yet there was something oddly similar in both stories. Fear was the only thing that stood between them and their miracle.
In verse 46 Jesus tells the crowd that He knows that someone touched him because He felt the power leave from Him. Her faith was so powerful that when she touched Jesus, she pulled power from his soul. WOW!
I can only hope to have faith like that one day.
So if she had the faith to pull power from God, and the man had faith enough to get Jesus to go on His way to the house, why then would they both be confronted by Jesus regarding fear.
Here is what I want to say to you. Fear can get in the way life and death for you. Fear can defy your ability to live a productive life with God. The word defies means to opening refuse or resist. Fear can openly refuse or resist your desire to live a life full of purpose. Fear can see Jesus on the road and make you tremble rather than run to him. Fear can have Jesus make His way to your house and still have you doubt if the miracle is going to happen. Fear will suck the life right out of you, and it will openly resist your ability to take your next breath.
FEAR IS LIFE DEFYING
I encourage you to look at the miracle you have been waiting for and then look at what is keeping you back from believing. I guarantee you, fear is creeping into your mind.
Don’t defy what God wants to do, Jesus said it best…..”Do not fear.”
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