Wow. Been quite awhile. Hello Random bored person haha. Lots have gone on with me through out the year. Some of it would bore you, excite you, scare you, encourage you, and hmm i don't know maybe make you see something different. Today, I find myself thinking much about Jesus walking with Jairus when all of a sudden someone touched Jesus's cloak. Reached for healing. Believed. Became exposed. A lady in the crowd had been bleeding for years. While Jesus was walking she found a way to get behind him and reach out to his cloak. Immediately, Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Peter tried to blame the touch on the crowd pressing in around them, but Jesus knew something way more significant had taken place. He knew someone believed. Someone was broken. Someone was in need of him. Power had gone out from him. Jesus asked a second time, and she fell at his feet recognizing that she would not go UNNOTICED by him. (He knew her and her need.) I love this next part. So marvelous! Luke wrote, "In the presence of all the people, she told WHY she had touched him and HOW she had been instantly healed. Then he(Jesus) said to her, 'DAUGHTER, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.'" In Matthew it says "she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering." It was more going on than physical healing. Her heart was being transformed. She felt FREE from the suffering. How awesome?
I can just see this scene happening. The woman so full of shame and embarrassment telling everyone why she touched Jesus. Letting all the people see her brokenness exposed. Explaining how she felt like a freed person. A healed woman. And then Jesus looking at her saying, "Daughter!" She was worth something more than her suffering. She was his daughter. She believed. She believed. She believed. I cant imagine the impact this had on the people around this. For people to see brokenness exposed and have the perfect man who claims to be the Son of God call her his daughter. Today, I feel like we do not talk about sin that often therefore sin is not exposed often. Sin stays in the depths of the heart. A heart that longs for satisfaction, healing, and transformation. A new one. I want to encourage you, randomneer, no matter what you bring before the feet of the Jesus let it be brought and exposed. Let it be poured out at his feet and exposed. No matter what you have to offer, and I mean all brokenness. Struggling with drug addiction, sexual relationships, eating problems, homosexuality, thought of suicide, pride, drunkenness, murder, wherever you find yourself... He has the power that goes out from him. A power that frees. He calls you Son, and He calls you Daughter. Let people you trust know why you have believed? Expose your heart to other believers. Yes, I mean be vulnerable with each other. There is a power that transforms in those moments. Jesus is there in other believers. Show them the grace. Experience the grace. Be embraced by his love. Now, I do understand there are many things I could go into greater detail about who to tell (ex. guy only tell guy friends.) But that is not why I am writing this to get into all the ifs, ands, buts, etc. I just want to encourage you that I have exposed my heart to people I trust, and God has been so faithful in those sweet times. He has revealed much of himself through others seeing my sin. He has disciplined me, encouraged me, loved me, and is transforming me. He will be Jesus to us. Random people we must believe.
Things for reference: Matthew 9: 18-26, Luke 8:41-56, Mark 5:21-34, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18/12:9-10, Romans 8:18-27, Hebrews 12:15 "See to it that no one misses the grace of God...", Hebrews 13:15-16
