“And Jesus said, “Who touched me?”
In the context of the verse quoted above, Jesus was on His way to heal the daughter of Jairus, and to subsequently raise her from the dead, when a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years, came close to Him, touched the border of His garment and was healed. It is a miracle within a miracle. Notice that she did not touch his physical body; rather, she touched the “border of His garment.” (It might have been the tassels on the border of His garment.) Jesus felt the woman’s touch and asked, “Who touched me?” According to the text, Jesus felt virtue, or power, leave Him. When the woman revealed herself, Jesus told her that her faith had healed her. What I want to write about in this article is the fact that Jesus is aware of our touch as well. We need to spiritually reach out and touch Him every day. I want you to notice the following realities about touching Jesus. Jesus is sensitive to our touch. The remarkable thing about this incident is that with a big crowd of people around Him, no doubt, bumping into Him, Jesus was sensitive to the touch of one person(WoW!) Peter, and others with him, were amazed at this. In the remainder of the text verse, Peter said: “Master, the multitude throng you and press you, and you say “Who touched me?”She was just one desolate, desperately ill person, and with all of the people pressing against Him, Jesus felt her particular touch. Just so, you are one person in the vast number of people in the world, millions of whom are reaching out to Jesus, but He feels your touch. Jesus felt the woman’s touch because it was a touch of faith. He told her that it was her faith that healed her. Jesus is always sensitive to the touch, or the plea, of faith. If you will reach out to Him in faith today, no matter where you are, or what you are going through, Jesus will be sensitive to your touch. Touch Him now!!!! Jesus wants us to touch Him. When Jesus asked the question, people seemed to think that Jesus was upset because someone had touched Him. All of them denied that they had touched Him. What they were unaware of and perhaps we are too, was that Jesus was glad that someone had touched Him and that power had gone from Him. Power going from Him did not diminish the power of Jesus. He has enough power to go around to everybody on earth if they will reach out and touch Him. Jesus was not angry with the woman but had good news for her: “Your faith has made you well.” The woman who came trembling to Jesus when she realized that she was discovered, left with her illness gone and her faith strengthened. Jesus wants you to touch Him. I’ve heard people say that they needed to work out their problems, then they would go to Jesus. That is backwards!!! Come to Jesus in faith first, and you will find His power is available to you. Well, reach out and touch Him now. How? Just ask Him in faith. You will not find Him reluctant. We need to touch Jesus. No matter whether things are going well for you or bad for you, you need to reach out to Jesus today. We always stand in the need of touching Jesus. We never know what is awaiting around the corner on a given day. We need to know that Jesus is aware of what is around the corner and is awaiting your touch, your prayer and your surrender. There is no time like the present!!!! Bro. Joe
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