Kamis, 01 November 2012

A Future for A Bleeding Woman

As a normal woman, we have our period every  month. What happen if there's a woman who always have her period everyday? It is unusual, isn't it? It means there's something wrong with her body or she is ill. What happen to this woman then? What can we learn from this woman?

Let's see Mark 5 : 25 - 29
Subsection 25 : 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
That time there was a woman who have been subject to bleeding for twelve years. Can we imagine, twelve years? Twelve years are not a short time. It is a very long time. I am a woman, and i know how hurt when we experience our period, feeling pain and weak. And i am sure these woman also feel the same way for twelve years. She must have been weak and pain.

Subsection 26 :  26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 
This subsection tells us that this woman had suffered a great deal and had spent all she had, perhaps money and property.  She had visited many doctors but her condition was getting worse. It is a very difficult situation. NO MONEY + NO HEALTHY  = NO HOPE for future.

Subsection 27, 28 :  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.”
When she heard about Jesus, she believed there is a hope. She had never met Jesus before but from hearing the miracles Jesus did that time, she took a decision to believe in Jesus. She thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Then she got close to Jesus in the crowd and touch his cloak.
Just like us, we never meet Jesus, but would we believe in Jesus only by hearing the miracles he did which written in Bible? If we want to believe in Jesus, let's getting close to Him and touch Him with our prayer. Especially, when we are in troubles, touch Jesus with our prayer.

Then what will happen after we believe and touch Him?
Subsection 29 :  29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
After the woman touched Jesus cloak, her bleeding stopped and she was freed from her suffering. Only in a second, the twelve years bleeding stop.Can we imagine it? No, my brain can not understand it. It is about faith. Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1). Because of this woman faith to Jesus, she could be healed.

As long as we live in this world, the problems may come, illness, financial problem, job problem, relationship problem, etc. Sometimes these problem burden us so much for many years. But, when we come to Jesus, believe in Him, and touch Him with our prayers, Jesus will give us the way out for our problems.



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