Something Happened. ( Matthew 17 v 20 - 21 )

So continuing on looking at a lady in dire straits ,no money,no healing, and yet something happened,she heard about Jesus, and the wonderful miracles He performed. So hope arose within her heart, and so she made her way towards were he was, and when she got there a vast crowd was there.But she was desperate,and she thought,if I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.( Matthew 9 v 21 ), and she did just that, and she was healed. At this Jesus spoke to his disciples ,,'Who touched me?',when it was pointed to him that many people had touched him,because of the vast crowd. Jesus insisted that power had gone out of him. The woman could no longer go unnoticed, made her way to Jesus, trembling and fell at his feet,told him why she had touched him,and that she had been healed. He spoke to her and said ,''Daughter your faith has healed you.'' ''Go in peace''. What is God saying to you,as you read this story,?.Let me remind you that Jesus is the same today as he was then,and faith in Him can transform your life no matter  how desperate your situation, something can happen.

Nothing happened. ( Psalm 40 v 1 )

I am sure we have all been crushed  in a crowd, now Jesus was popular and thousands of people came to hear him,came to be healed. In Luke 8 v 43 ff. we read of a lady who had suffered  for 12 years from a certain complaint,she was subject to bleeding. According to Leviticus 15 v 19 - 33,she was considered ceremonially unclean,so this had a profound effect on her life. In Mark 5 v 24   we read, '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'.This lady had not the benefit of our medical profession and by the sound of it she must have endured a great deal in her desire to be healed,and now she was penniless.I am sure she prayed every day,but nothing happened.. We will continue with this tomorrow,remember it is always darkest before the dawn.

He sees. ( 1 Peter 5 v 7 )

In Genesis 16 we read of a lady called Hagar,who ran away from a difficult situation ,brought on by her own foolishness.She was all alone and she was pregnant, irrespective why she was in this situation,she was in desperate straits,who could possible help her?.When all of a sudden an angel appeared to her with reassuring  words, when he departed we read,'She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her,'You are the Lord who sees me'. In a universe so vast,and with billions of stars our planet is very small and insignificant, and we who dwell on this tiny planet ,are very very,very, small and insignificant.Yet the words spoken by this lady,remind us that God sees us and loves us, and cares for us.Whatever our situation in life right now God sees us ,child of God you are never for one moment out of His sight.Remember what our Saviour taught us,as regards his care even for a sparrow,Luke 12 v 6, and then He add ,'Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows  ( v 7 ),trust Him dear child of God, He is watching over you.

Why ( Psalm 18 v 30 )

Following on in relation to the lady who got healed, her husband who was in last stages of  Parkinson,he died.One may ask the question why did he not get healed?,why indeed seems unfair,and yet it is not.It is in Psalm 31 v 15, we read King David declaring ,'My times are in your hands', if one reads the life of David you discover a man who was faced with death many times, and yet he lived to a ripe old age and died naturally.In  Acts 12 we read of two of the earliest Christians being arrested,James the brother of John, and Peter . James was executed, yet  Peter escaped. why were  both not rescued?,but they were not. The fact is we all have our own individual path in life to walk,some will be spared into old age,others will die young.Although I was a  premature baby I survived,but when my mother had another child called Bobby, he died shortly after birth. It is important to realise that God is sovereign, our times are in His hands,even though it is painful for those who are left,  we are in God 's hand.

Obeying Gods word. ( Hebrews 11 v 8 )

Following on from yesterday as regards the lady and her husband who were very ill,when she told me that she had cancer and it was very bad.Later in the evening while at home I read from one my readings James 5 v 14 -15, 'Is anyone among you ill? let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them and anoint them in the name of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up,if they have sinned,they will be forgiven.' I shared this with the lady and eventually we did that,nothing happened immediately ,she had treatment,which God blessed,and now she is completely clear of cancer.

Gods Prompting.. ( Acts 16 v 7 )

A  Christian lady I know shared an experience she had, when things were very difficult,it was a time when her husband was bedridden as he was in the last stages of Parkinson's .At that time she was diagnosed with cancer,she had a number of tumors,and was given 6 months to live.She was having treatment, which was very severe ,after one the treatments she needed bed rest.While she lay there her husband needed assistance,she was not able to help, it was very distressing,the carer was away,likewise her family. The doorbell rang and she managed to get to the door,it was a Christian couple from the church,God had prompted them to visit her,they did not know why.The husband had been a carer and soon sorted out the ladies husband,they had also brought two ready meals for them.

The Gospel ( Romans 1 v 16 )

The gospel is good news, with it comes with so many wonderful promises,'forgiveness of sins', John 1 v 29  ,peace with God. ' Romans 5 v 1.'eternal life ', John 3 v 16.,a ' place in Heaven' John 14 v 6.no condemnation,' Romans 8 v 1.' a heavenly Father',   2 Corinthians 6 v 18.' Gods abiding presence', Matthew 28 v 29.'Power to overcome', Romans 6 v 14. Yes the Gospel is good news,but let me make it clear when I use the word gospel,it is the only gospel that can bring us into those wonderful promises.,it is the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Only through Christ and his death on the cross  can we be saved, are you prepared to trust  Him as your Saviour?.