Decipher One Touch….

Every Word of God brings life. His Word is alive and active. Every time I read it it brings life to my soul. Here in Luke chapter 8, we read about Jesus healing a woman by simply touching His robe, and Jesus bringing back to life a dead little girl. The simple point I want to make is for those who say Jesus was just a man. Not only did He restore life to a little girl (not through resuscitation), but He knew one soul needing healing and received it through a simple touch of His robe. How could a mere man decipher one touch from the hundreds of people crowded around Him, bumping and rubbing up against Him in the chaos of the crowds trying to get to Him. Try it some time. Go in a large crowd, maybe at a rock concert. In a ten minute span, see if you can decipher out one person’s touch from the rest. See what I mean. Jesus was more than mere human, He was divine. The woman’s touch was immediate healing to her problem, and to Jesus, it was a need He needed to address. He did, and we see through this event, His concern for us takes precedence over being popular, or any other worldly calling. Jesus is God. And if He is, what’s our only response to His call?

As Jesus went with him, He was surrounded by the crowds. 43 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. 44 Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of His robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.45 “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against You.”46 But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched Me, for I felt healing power go out from Me.” 47 When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of Him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched Him and that she had been immediately healed. 48 “Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Luke 8:42c-48