And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind
and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, "If only I may
touch His garment, I shall be made well." But Jesus turned around, and when He
saw her He said,
"Be of good
cheer, daughter: your faith has made you well."
And the woman
was made well from that hour.
Matthew 9:20-22
Seize Your Miracle Moment
I like the woman with the issue of blood. She knew how to
seize the moment.
Each of us needs to learn how to seize the
moment in the spirit realm. If you miss the moment, you may miss out on the
miracle you need. There are too many things I need God to do for me to sit back
in my seat when the anointing of God starts to fall. I want to jump right in. I
can't afford for any of my miracles to pass me by.
This woman knew that she was at the end of the
line. She was out of health, out of money, out of physicians, out of people that
could minister to her. But she wasn't out of faith. She had run out of
everything in her life but the one thing she needed. She had her belief that if
she could only touch the hem of Jesus' garment, she would be made whole.
This woman did not have any other human being to
help her. Nobody was counseling her. Nobody was lobbying for her. Nobody was
running interference for her. Nobody was ministering to her. She had nobody. She
had only one person who could preach to her -- herself. This sick, bleeding,
wounded woman -- weak in her body, but not in her spirit -- began to preach to
herself. She said, "If I may but touch..."
When the Bible says that she "said," the tense
of that word means that she said and she said and she said. She kept on talking
to herself. She told herself over and over and over again, "If I may but touch
His clothes, I shall be whole." She kept saying, "I can't die yet. I've got to
touch Him. I can't give up yet. I've got to touch Him. I can't lie down and
surrender yet. I've got to touch Him. And if I can touch Him - if I can only
touch His clothes - I shall be whole!"
She may have had a little doubt about whether
she had the strength to get through that crowd. She may have had a question
about whether she could get close enough to touch Him. She may have had some
self-doubts. But she had no doubt about Jesus. She knew that if she could get to
Him, He would heal her. If she could only make contact, she would be well. She
didn't need any other physician, any other counselor, any other helper, any
other person to minister to her...if she could just get to Jesus.
Let there be no doubt in your heart today:
JESUS IS
THE ONE.
HE IS
THE HEALER.
HE IS
THE DELIVERER.
TOUCHING
JESUS IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
Trust Him to see you through days that may be
different from the ones you encountered earlier. You are being challenged with
the silent struggles of winter.
T. D. Jakes
From John Wesley’s Holy Club
1. Am I consciously creating the
impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite?
2. Do I confidentially pass on to another what was told to me in
confidence?
3. Can I be trusted?
4. Am I a slave to dress, friends, work, or habits?
5. Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying?
6. Did the Bible live in me today?
7. Do I give it time to speak to me
everyday?
8. Am I enjoying prayer?
9. When did I last speak to someone
else of my faith?
10. Do I pray about the money I
spend?
11. Do I get to bed on time and get
up on time?
12. Do I obey God in anything?
13. Do I insist upon doing something
about which my conscience is uneasy?
14. Am I defeated in any part of my
life?
15. Am I jealous, impure, critical,
irritable, touchy, or distrustful?
16. How do I spend my spare time?
17. Am I proud?
18. Do I thank God that I am not as
other people, especially as the Pharisees who despised the publican?
19. Is there anyone whom I fear,
dislike, disown, criticize, hold a resentment toward or disregard? If so, what
am I doing about it?
20. Do I grumble or complain constantly?
21. Is Christ real to me? |
