Called to Heal

Call in the New Testament Jesus and His Calls in Ministry Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)    Called to Heal Mark 5:21-34 New International Version Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 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.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.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” For Reflection Who of us has not prayed for the healing power of God to cure an illness, save a child, or perhaps, repair an imploding marriage. In times of desperation, when there are no more options, we often turn to God. Just the slightest touch of Christ's robe by an ardently faithful woman initiated her frantic plea for healing. The operating condition that facilitated the healing power of God was the trust she exhibited in her request. God, not Jesus but rather through Jesus, healed her daughter and freed her from her long-suffering. Pray Pray, pray for God to guide the healing hands of our doctors. Pray for confidence in the power of placing your trust in God. Pray and let God wipe away your fear. Pray and understand that God breathed life into you at your birth and that life continues eternally beyond the end of your physical existence. Forward to a friend