You probably know the story by heart. She had been hemorrhaging for 12 years without relief. She had seen all of the specialists, but to no avail. Her only hope lay in the healer. She knew that if she could only touch the hem of His garment she would be made whole. So she pressed through the crowd and from behind stretched out her hand to the garment of Jesus. Amid the throng pressing in around Him, Jesus felt the touch of one truly seeking Him. The touch of someone who knew that He had what they needed.
How easy it is to become like that crowd. Pressing in to be near Jesus, to be able to say, "I was there. I even touched Him." only to fall away when the excitement wears off or the next fad comes along. Among the many was the one, the one who was truly seeking Jesus. At the touch of that one, Jesus instantly took notice. Hundreds of hands, from all sides and yet He feels the light touch at the hem of His garment.
Are you just part of the crowd, merely along for the ride? If you are, then the Lord takes no notice of you. Or, are you grasping for the hem of His garment seeking the healing He has to offer? He feels your touch and wholeness is yours.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Be Still
Nobody has any time any more. We rush from here to there. We have soccer and choir and baseball and on and on it goes. We are in such a hurry, we have come up with ways to speed up everyday tasks. We can cook dinners in minutes with microwaves, we can have a hot meal served to us in minutes at a myriad of fast food restaurants. We have e-mail, texts, and twitter to communicate with anyone the world over in seconds. Even our entertainment is geared to a ten second attention span.
In this hustle and bustle it is often our relationship with God that suffers. One or two hours a week has become too much to invest solely in the worship of God, so we often pass it up in favor of our favorite sport, or hobby, or sleep. "God will understand," we argue, "He knows we don't have any other time."
The worship of God shouldn't be an option to pencil in or erase on a whim. It should be the one event we schedule everything else around. When we come to this realization we will find that God has a solution for the dizzying pace at which we live. God tells us to, "be still and know that He is God." That phrase in Hebrew means to stop what you are doing and take a deep breath and think on God. You will find in the scramble to keep up with your hectic schedule these small, still breaks will bring a calm to the storm.
In this hustle and bustle it is often our relationship with God that suffers. One or two hours a week has become too much to invest solely in the worship of God, so we often pass it up in favor of our favorite sport, or hobby, or sleep. "God will understand," we argue, "He knows we don't have any other time."
The worship of God shouldn't be an option to pencil in or erase on a whim. It should be the one event we schedule everything else around. When we come to this realization we will find that God has a solution for the dizzying pace at which we live. God tells us to, "be still and know that He is God." That phrase in Hebrew means to stop what you are doing and take a deep breath and think on God. You will find in the scramble to keep up with your hectic schedule these small, still breaks will bring a calm to the storm.
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