Luke 8.45

"And Jesus said, who touched me" Luke 8.45

This verse comes from a familiar setting in scripture. Jesus you remember was swamped by people pressing his way through the crowd to go to the home of Jairus to heal his daughter. A woman ill for many years with an incurable disease pushes her way through the crowd desiring only to touch the hem of Jesus Garments so that she could be healed.

She makes it through the crowds and touches him and is instantly healed and Jesus asks his disciples, "Who touched me?" They are confused and say, "There are many people in the crowd. A lot of people touched you." Jesus says, "No someone touched me in another way. Virtue went out from me."

Many people brushed up against Jesus that day, but only one person truly touched him. And when she did her needs were met.

Today, we have a lot of people brushing up against Jesus. People go to church, sit in their pews, say all the right things, but they never touch Jesus. Why? Because it's all a surface religion. They go to church because their parents did or because it's good for business or because the kids should be in Sunday school or.... Maybe at one time they had a strong relationship with God, but they let it grow cold as the cares of this life pressed in around them. Whatever the reason, when they pray, its mostly form with little orno substance.

But some people do more than go through the motions. They know that God is still on the Throne and he is ready to hear and answer our prayers. They know that he is not limited in his power, in his goodness and in his love. They aren't spiritual giants. hey are simple Christians who believe that God's word is true. And when they pray, they do more than brush up against the savior, they touch him, his virtue flows through them, and they receive what they need.

Lord, help me to have the faith to keep pressing in until I lay hold onto your garment and receive your best for my life. Amen and Amen.