Mark 5:24-32
The woman had probably prayed for healing, he had visited doctors and was out of money. She had probably gone to see preachers/prophets as well but the woman didn’t go to Jesus to ask for healing, she had probably gotten tired of asking, seeing she had suffered for many years.
What did she see that made her want to touch his garment and not ask him for healing? she said, 'if only I can touch (not him) but the herm of his garment, I will be healed.’ Is this linked with Malachi 4:2 where the prophet said the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in his wings? The wing, according to a Jewish Rabbi I listened to, can be found on the prayer shawl that the Jews had on them during Jesus’ day. It’s the loose threads at the end or the base of the shawl that is referred to as the wings.
Did the woman know that the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings (herm of his garment) was the one walking before her?
She could have touched his hand, but she touched his garment. The woman was tired, the woman wanted her freedom, and she was desperate. She probably listened to the scribes talk about the coming messiah and when she saw him, she knew the key was the garment Malachi 4:2.
She touched not the person walking, but the word she had buried in her. She saw the word she had heard and she touched to take what she knew she believed.
The woman understood WORD + FAITH = MIRACLE, AND FULFILLING PROMISE.
That is why Jesus turned because someone did not touch the man but the WORD. The word he was about to show the world through grace by his death, the woman already knew. The woman didn’t touch power, the woman touched promise and the promise had the power she required to be whole.
Healing is promise not power. Healing is what we get when we take promise and believe. That woman activated promise that Jesus’ death was made available to all. She saw that Jesus contained that promise and she took it
The woman’s faith in the promise caused her to receive. What do we see? The sickness or the promise? Are we going to continue pleading and begging or are we going to take what is ours already by promise and grace? The woman acted on promise alone and received. Jesus even made it easier by adding grace. Which means we won’t have to wait till we see ‘the sun of righteousness’ passing by but we only have to believe and we will have it where ever, however. It’s that simple. The woman had to wait many years, for the promise to pass by her home town; grace has made the promise available to us every day. What are we going to do about it?
Mark 5:36b ‘don’t be afraid, just believe’
Written by Aba Dadson
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