Day 6: Try Jesus
Reading for Today
Mark 5:25-34 (NLT) A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?” His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”
Some time ago I came down with a lingering cough. This was not your run of the mill cough as it lasted about 3 months! In my quest to get better I tried several things. First, I did nothing. I just waited to see if it would dissolve on its own. For some reason this is my default. I tend to hope that most situations will take care of themselves. When waiting didn’t work, I decided to try some over the counter medicine. You know, the generic stuff. I took what the bottle prescribed and hoped what worked for everyone else would work for me too. No luck. Next I tried a quick care center. My thought was that they would have seen my symptoms before and would prescribe me some stringer medicine. However, months later I still had the cough. Finally, after being stubborn for some time I set an appointment with my primary care doctor. After all, he had my records, he knew my history and he was best equipped to help me. It was no surprise that he knew exactly what to do to cure my cough.
Many times, we make the mistake of self-diagnosing our issues or allowing those who don’t know us well enough to offer their generic solutions to what ails us.
Whether you know it or not, untreated issues in your life can hold you back. The unhealed parts of your life can cause you to pull away from the right things and move closer to the wrong things. The woman in Mark 5 had experienced this too. She had spent so much on solutions that would never work. When we remain unhealed, we can waste several things.
Time- Something that should have last a week lasted more than a decade. This woman wrestled with her issue for more than 12 long years.
Money- The scripture says she spent ALL of her money on people who could not help her.
Energy- This woman had gone from place to place seeking help, only to find herself in a worse situation.
Finally, after many failures, she makes her way to Jesus and there she finds healing. Instantly,
Jesus healed the issue she brought to Him. Likewise, healing is available to you too.
As you walk through day 6, continue to pray through the places in your life where you need healing. When you come to Jesus in faith, He is ready and willing to heal you. While earthly things can offer us temporary comfort, lasting healing must come from above. If you would be willing to come to Jesus, He is faithful to meet you where you are and heal the broken places inside of you.