Power to Heal

With the reading of Mark 5 and Mark 6 one gains an insight into healing that can change our journey of recovery. In Mark 5:27-29 we see the woman in the crowd who heard of Jesus and followed him to touch his garment. …”and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.” Jesus gave her the credit for the healing and her faith. in Mark 6:56 we see the touch of Jesus fringe of his garment could heal. That was the power of Jesus and those healings were not his overt and intentional actions. It was the faith of the people that took the action that empowered the spirit to heal. I am not intending to let anyone think I know how this works but we should all be encouraged to consider this in our own healing. If they had faith and reached out to Jesus which resulted in healing, we have the same opportunity. If we do nothing and just “wait for it” there is a good probability nothing will happen. We need to truly reach out to Jesus for the power to change and heal from addiction or habitual sin. To think that at baptism we were granted the gift of the Holy Spirit is amazing. That same power that healed the woman is present in us. Do we really reach out to touch it and pray for help, power, desire and insight into how to heal? We need the power of Jesus and that should empower us to change. We need to carefully think through what in our lives needs to change and face it head on. Make the changes and follow up. Get help, follow up and do not give up!!! To God be the Glory!