Thursday, July 9, 2009
With the impending layoffs slated for Air Jamaica, it is a wonder that many of us can give the kind of service our job demands. But i have the confidence that God is able to keep me in perfect peace despite everything that is happening around me. He is able to open doors of opportunity in our lives that we never knew existed. He is able to make that place where we are, an Eden for us. He is our Source, and our confidence is that wherever we are, God is, and all is well. When we pray 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven', we are asking that His mind and intentions for us in heaven be manifest in our natural lives. He asks us to pray that His kingdom would come, and so we pray for the peace and joy and the wholesomeness that is our right as kingdom dwellers, and we trust that when we pray, He hears us, and He answers.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
In Jewish culture women who were having a monthly period were isolated from society for that time. They did not have sexual relations with their husbands nor did they participate in social activities.Imagine then how isolated this woman felt because of her illness. Imagine the loneliness and despair she must have felt oftentimes. If she was married, perhaps her husband had forsaken her, being impatient or disappointed because he may have felt shortchanegd in his marriage. Remember, she suffered this illness for 12 years!
And it is for want of relief and deliverance that she extended her faith to touch Jesus with her concern. She felt so strongly that He could heal her that it wasn't important that she speak with Him or that He lay His hand on her.All she needed was a point of contact. God desires for us to extend ourselves in this same way, and to think Him so big, that our faith reaches out to Him. In another text, Jesus said that 'virtue left me'. The power of the Holy Spirit was extended toward this woman and she was healed. Her touch was different from all the other touches that Jesus felt as the crowd pushed upon Him. Her touch had need, it had an appeal, it was mixed with deep faith. Extend yourself to Jesus today and believe Him for what He can do for you. God has not changed, what He did for her, He will do for you.
And it is for want of relief and deliverance that she extended her faith to touch Jesus with her concern. She felt so strongly that He could heal her that it wasn't important that she speak with Him or that He lay His hand on her.All she needed was a point of contact. God desires for us to extend ourselves in this same way, and to think Him so big, that our faith reaches out to Him. In another text, Jesus said that 'virtue left me'. The power of the Holy Spirit was extended toward this woman and she was healed. Her touch was different from all the other touches that Jesus felt as the crowd pushed upon Him. Her touch had need, it had an appeal, it was mixed with deep faith. Extend yourself to Jesus today and believe Him for what He can do for you. God has not changed, what He did for her, He will do for you.
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