IF
I COULD JUST TOUCH HIM!
Luke 8:46-47
46
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
47
And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling
down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she
had touched him and how she was healed immediately.
There
was a sick woman
who had tried everything to gain healing to no avail. She thought “If I could
only touch the hem of His garment, I would be made whole.” So she did! She
sneaked up on him and put out a finger and touched His clothes. Her condition
was healed immediately!
The
disciples marveled
because a huge crowd was “touching” Jesus. None of those were changed! The
difference for the sick woman was that Jesus felt a loss of power.
The
word “virtue”
is the Greek dunamis which is the same word used in God’s promise of power
in Acts 1:8. Dunamis is the basis
for our word dynamite. Jesus felt
the loss of strength. Every act of ministry causes a loss to the one
ministering. Jesus had unlimited resources but we do not. We need to be
occasionally recharged.
Dear
Lord, let me never hesitate to come to you with my needs. Thank you for your
limitless resource of virtue and power. AMEN
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