FROM TOUCHING HIS CLOAK TO THE GREATNESS, HE PROVIDES!

“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 at that moment.” Matthew 9:20-22

The woman with the bleeding believed, as she reached out to touch his cloak, that she would be healed. She had a measure of faith that allowed her to have the confidence to rush and touch the cloak Jesus was wearing. After the touch, she did not need to confront Jesus or hear his voice, she knew she was healed, and Jesus knew healing power had left him. She was in a desperate situation. She had been bleeding for twelve years and no doctor or anyone else was able to help her to be healed. Sometimes it takes a time of desperation to be able to gain the confidence we need to reach out and touch the cloak of Jesus. The problem the woman had was no different than our problems today. The difference is that we are not desperate enough to think we need the help of the Lord. We often have the idea that we can fix our problems or that others will have the magical answers to make us whole. However, we are led into a false sense of security and that security keeps us away from the truths of Jesus. While he was on this earth, he healed the crippled, the sick, the dying, those with leprosy and those with all kinds of other issues. He told truths and made people whole again. He still does this today. God has never changed! It doesn’t matter how large or how small the problem, our Lord is ready to help. He is waiting for us to touch his cloak and believe without doubt that we are healed. Are you ready? PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!