(Mark 5: 21 – 43)
The woman with the issue of blood: The story described in Mark 5: 21 – 43 is about the woman with the issue of blood. This woman had an encounter with Jesus and her story changed. There are some lessons we can learn from the story
Firstly,
Jesus is always at the right place at the right time: Throughout the
three years of the Ministry of Jesus while He was in the world, the
crowds were always attracted to Him. Jesus was always at the right place
at the right time and He was able to meet the needs of the people. Even
now, He is still able to meet us at the point of our needs.
Secondly, Jesus is here to heal us but our enemy the
devil is always trying to prevent the work of God from coming to
fruition in our lives. He even tried to destroy Jesus when He was born.
He moved King Herod to kill all the new born babes about the same time
when Jesus was born. Why does the enemy attack us? One of the reasons is
that he does not like our God-given dreams because those dreams give
glory to God especially when they become reality. A dream is like a baby
developing in the womb; it goes through different stages before it is
finally born. The nourishment a mother receives can affect the baby
either positively or negatively. Similarly, the spiritual nourishment we
receive can affect our God-given goals positively or negatively. As we
walk God, there will be many mountains or obstacles on our way to
distract us from reaching our goals. Rather than run away from them, we
should face them because those mountains are allowed by God to develop
us and make us shine as light in world. The light of Jesus attracted
people to Him. Our light should attract the world.
Thirdly, the word of God is infallible; it can never
fail. The words of men can fail but God can never fail. His words
provide us instructions for life and living and we will do well to obey
them. The woman with the issue of blood believed Jesus and His words.
She decided to touch the hem of His garment and she received her
miracle. As God’s children, we should live as children of the King and
not as servants. We should experience His miracles like the woman did
and show the same to the world. Through the name of Jesus we can move
any mountain. We have to get to a point in our relationship with God
where He can boast about us to the devil like He did with Job.
Fourthly, God does not dislocate us to abandon us. He
wants us to understand that He is involved with us every inch of the
way. When the woman with the issue of blood encountered Jesus, she got a
change of name. She moved from being called the woman with the issue of
blood to being called somebody. Finally after she confessed, Jesus
called her daughter. As we walk with God, His rain will fall on all our
issues and our lives will experience His transformation.