We all have issues. Some of us have big issues others have small issues but it can be certain that we all have issues. Some of us have come to realize that we have issues while others of us are still trying to figure out what’s wrong with everyone else in the world
It is worse for a person who does not realize that they have issues simply because since he does not realize that he has issues then he will probably never do anything to fix those issues. Although he will probably easily be able to tolerate himself no one around him will be able to tolerate him.
For the person that has come to realize that they have issues and is smart enough to do something about it then the process of solving these issues can take the person on quite a journey. It can be expensive, timely, painful etc. However when a person attempts to fix their issues there can be many new issues that start from this attempt.
For example if a person has an issue with paying bills on time. After considering all of their options they decide that the quickest and easiest way to solve their problems would be to go and take out a loan to help pay the bills. They may have temporarily fixed the problem for the immediate bills but more times than not in the long run they have created new issues. They have probably successfully added to the issues that they are already having a tough time dealing with.
But this woman had an issue, She had been dealing with this issue for twelve years now. When a person deals with something that long they can get the idea that they would rather just go ahead and live with the issue than continue to search and spend on ways to solve the problem. The bible says that she had spent all that she had. She had also went to the doctor several times, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,).
This lady was obviously not poor because she would not have been able to see any doctor if she did not have any way to compensate them for their services. The woman had to be a little disheartened about the fact that she had tried so hard to solve her problems yet she could not see any healing. The bible says that with all of her efforts her condition only got worse.
I am sure that the woman considered the thought of giving up on the issue and trying to live with the issue as if it was supposed to be like this. It was impossible for this woman to lead any type of normal life with this issue because since the woman had an issue of blood society looked at her as if she was unclean
Since she was unclean she should have been prohibited from being around let alone touching anyone. Even if she did touch someone then she should have never touched any man. The possibility of marriage was never thought about.
It is truly a good thing that this woman of God did not think like many of us in today’s society. It is good that she did not think that she needed to clean herself up first before she could approach him that could heal her. If the same situation happened today the lady probably would have been arrested for getting too close to such a powerful man.
When the woman touched Jesus the one thing that she had been missing all of this time had been immediately restored to her.
And the issue of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her issue. She had been searching for this thing and couldn’t figure out exactly what it was. Whatever it was came to her immediately when she touched Jesus. The woman felt her body heal. She did not know what had happened and after all of her hard work and searching for someone to heal her when she finally found someone who could actually heal her the healing in her body made her frightened. It was not that she was healed that frightened her but it was the way that she was healed and by whom she was healed that made her frightened But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came down and fell before him, and told him all the truth.).
The fear that this woman felt represented the fact that she was immediately filled with the knowledge of God.
She had an idea of who he was and what he was but the fact that she was suddenly healed overtook her and she was immediately blessed with this new knowledge along with the healing of her issues. Some of us need to get some issues in our lives fixed but are we really sure that we know who Jesus is.
This woman was not like many of us and had seen and heard about hundreds if not thousands of people that Jesus healed. The knowledge of Jesus was a new thing in her day. She really had to step out on faith which on one hand was easy because of how desperate she was to be delivered from her issues. The hard part though was to be able to walk away in the faith that she was actually healed and not just feeling a quick fix that would go away as fast as the man of God left her area.
The woman with the issue of blood was
A radical risk-taker – she went against the rules of her time to reach for her healing and blessing.
Imperfect but unwavering in her faith – she had some beliefs that were not quite true but she trusted in Jesus’ power.
Persevering – the crowd she had to go through was no ordinary crowd but she pushed through anyway although she could have been crushed to death.
Fearful but faith-filled – After she touched Jesus and he turned around, Scripture says “she came trembling”. She was not the most courageous but she did it scared anyway.
This woman had to have faith that she was actually healed or the touch would not have meant anything. Many of us have touched Jesus and we are truly healed and that was the easy part. The hard part is to walk in the faith of your healing. Could you imagine when she went and showed herself to her loved ones? They probably jumped for joy right along with her for as long as she was in their presence but as soon as she turned her back and walked away they would probably make terrible comments saying things like “She’ll be right back in the same condition next week.”
The healing hand for Jesus is really not the hard part saints because Jesus is and will be a healer no matter how we feel about him. The hard part is for the person that he healed to actually walk in the healing that he has given.
Do we have the faith to walk in the healing that Jesus has so graciously provided us with?
When we finally realize that we have issues we need to look to Jesus to fix them. We don’t have to run around town telling everybody about our problems before we give God a try. We need to turn it over to Jesus and let it go.
It is truly amazing to me when I see a doctor do all that he can to help a patient with medicine and then come to the conclusion that he can do nothing else. It is usually at this point that the doctor turns around and says, “We have done all that we know how. All we can do now is pray.”
Although this statement sounds good and gives temporary comfort to the listener the reality of it is that we should have been praying the whole time no matter what.
All issues are truly not of medical nature however all issues can be fixed by Jesus with just a touch.
If you feel as though you have touched Jesus and you were not healed or he failed you must look again because you are missing something and that is truly what God specializes in.
God specializes in making us whole.
What is your issue?
We are similar to the woman with issue of blood, but sometimes we won't or don't admit that we have issues. But the bible says that
Psalm 34:19 (NKJV)19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
James 5:16 (NKJV)16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
