SCRIPTURE: Mark (NIV) 5:25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. …27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came, and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
OBSERVATION: Jesus was walking in a large crowd; many people had touched Jesus that day. They had jostled against him as they walked.
It was not just being on the same road with Jesus. It was not just going in the same direction as Jesus. It was not the way she talked to Jesus! It was how she touched Jesus. She touched Him on purpose. She intended to touch Him. She had purposed in her heart to touch Jesus. The journey became personalized to her!
APPLICATION: It is not just being in a church or being around people who love the Lord. It is not just hearing others talk about Jesus. It is when I realize that what is said—what I read—what I hear—is for Leon—it becomes personalized! The Holy Spirit stirs within me that this is for me. On February 16, 2025, as the pastor was preaching about seasons, the Lord said to me, “The season for bus driving is over!” I started planning to finish driving this school year. Then I heard Him say, “I did not say it was coming to an end, I said it was over!” The next morning I took actions that showed I understood what God said to Leon.
I confess my sins; He forgives. I obey; He provides and meets my needs. Often His answers come as I respond to His word! …sometimes even before!
PRAYER: Lord, it is an honor to be your child and a joy to serve you. To call you “Lord” means that I do what you say. Living for you is a daily adventure. Amen
Pastor Leon
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