Touch of Difference

Read Luke Chapter 8: 40- 48

As Jesus started his ministry, he worked many miracles among the people. He healed the sick, delivered the possessed, cleansed the lepers, gave sight to the blind, forgave the sinners and so on. After seeing the many wonders of Jesus, a man named Jairus ( leader of the Synagogue ) begged him to come and heal his only daughter who was dying. Jesus immediately heeded to his plea. As he went, the crowds were pressing on him and he could hardly walk.

In the crowd there was this woman who was suffering from hemorrhage for twelve years.
She had spent a fortune on the physicians, but no one could heal her. She saw Jesus walking in the midst of the crowd and she so wanted to ask him to heal her. Knowing that it was impossible  to go near him, she struggled her way through to just touched the hem of his Garment. She was healed right at that moment.

 Jesus Immediately asks his disciples " who touched me?". Peter replies to Jesus saying " the crowd is pressing on you " (What he meant was "Master , literally everyone is touching you")

 

Then Jesus Says" Someone touched me, for I noticed that power had gone out of me".
After  sometime , the women unable to hide herself in the crowd, falls down before everyone and confesses why she touched Jesus and how she was healed instantly. Then Jesus tells her" Daughter . your faith has made you well, go in Peace"

Now I have the following questions,

• Everyone around Jesus were touching him and how come only when  this women touched Jesus, power was released from Him ? what was the difference ?
• Jesus was on his way to the House of Jairus to heal his daughter ? So Jesus was not planning to heal anyone on the way ? Then why was the women Healed?

 As I contemplated more on the bible verses, I realized that the touch of the women was with a difference. We see Jesus telling her that " Daughter , your faith has made you well". Even though everyone was touching Jesus, this woman touched Jesus with Faith and it released the power from Him. Yes,  A Touch of Faith can release the power from Jesus. So many of us touch Jesus as one among the crowd, but to release the power we need faith.

 In my personal experience this great truth was revealed to me while i started learning the Keyboard at the age of 17. Everyone around me said, it was too late and you will never make it. Well i was not going to give up. I struggled my way through the crowd and i touched Jesus with Faith. Well what happened then was indeed a great testimony.

I encourage you friends to have faith in the miracle working Power of Jesus.
Once you have faith, does not matter even if you touch the hem of his garment. Power will flow like a gushing stream.

Lets us Touch Jesus with Faith ---- The Touch of difference


JD

 

TAKEN

 

After a hectic day at work, I came back home to rest for a while and then go on with my schedule.

I asked my mother to prepare something for me so that I could have a bite and leave. She got up leaving the TV remote on the Couch.

While I was flipping through the channels, I noticed a movie being shown, named 'Taken'.

The title kind off struck a chord within me and I wanted to know what the movie was all about.

Well the movie was about Kim and her friend who leave for Paris for vacations. It so happens that, as they are exit the Paris airport, they meet a stranger who tries to help them with carrying their luggage and taking some snaps. The stranger happens to be part of this gang who kidnap young girls to be sold for prostitution. Eventually the stranger informs his gang and they kidnap these young girls. What follows then is how Kim's father goes in search of his daughter.

 Kim's father fights his way through and at last finds Kim, just moments before she could be forced into prostitution. Since it was the last scene I got up to have a snack. But just before I could turn my eyes away from the TV, I heard the daughter saying, "Dad, you came for me", and then she hugs him. Right at that moment, my heart melted and my eyes watered. 

 

 

It came to my realization that few years back, I said the same words to my Jesus, "You came for me"—even though I had sinned in every possible way and was astray. Even though my own parents, my relatives and friends had given up on me... Yet Jesus never gave up, He came for me. “I was once lost but now I am found."

In Luke Chap 15, in the Parable of the Lost Sheep, God explains how the shepherd leaves his 99 sheep and goes in search for that one LOST sheep.

Today, you might think you've gone too far and have done horrible things. You might be in the deepest of the darkest pit, under the clutches of the Evil One. But don't worry, Jesus is on His way. "He will come for you", He will find you and restore you. He will forgive all your sins and give you a new life.

The fact is that, Jesus always comes for us but how many times have we turned our back on Him. Most of the time there are certain things that prevent us from accepting Jesus.

Intellectual pride, Peer pressure, love for the world, lack of consciousness, perception that it’s boring, Love of Sin and so on … The list is endlessly filled with the many deceptions of the devil. Every time we turn our back on Jesus, irrespective of the reason, we are just yielding to the one of the deceptions of the Devil. Well, how long are we going to stubborn and foolish ??? does not the love of Jesus melt our Heart.

So next time when Jesus Comes to you , will you say “Jesus you came for me “and Hug him …

Just give it a Try … I bet you will not regret it!!! (SIRACH 2:10)