Luke writes of a woman that suffered with an issue of blood for twelve years (Luke 9). Although she had exhausted all of her money going from one doctor to another, she didn't get any better. In fact, she got worse. She heard about a man name Jesus who was healing all manner of sickness and disease. Having nothing to lose and everything to gain, she decided to seek Him out for herself. My friends, she was sick and tired of being, sick and tired! Luke writes that she came up behind Jesus and touched the hem of His garment and immediately she was healed (iaomai, which means cured or healed). Jesus knew that someone was healed because He felt the power leave His body.
Realizing that she had received only a physical or slight healing, Jesus gave her an opportunity to be completely healed. He turned and said, "Who touched me?" She broke the silence and reclaimed responsibility for her life, breaking through the self imposed barriers of her self doubt. Can you imagine what that did for her self -esteem? No doubt the Pharisees and the teachers of the law wanted to stone her for touching a Rabbi in her condition. But Jesus was not offended. He reached out to her with love and compassion. He responded that she was healed or made whole, (sozo, which means healing: body, soul and spirit) by her faith. He restored her self-respect, healed the shame of the past twelve years in a second and she began to live again, in Him! Take the Band Aids off of the wounds, my sister's; don't settle for a slight healing, go for the gusto. Jesus wants you to experience the abundant life!
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