WEDNESDAY, 24 JANUARY 2024
TEXT:
Luke 8:40-56
40:
Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
41:
Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet,
pleading with him to come to his house
42:
because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on
his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
43:
And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no
one could heal her.
44:
She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her
bleeding stopped.
45:
“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master,
the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
46:
But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
47:
Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell
at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched
him and how she had been instantly healed.
48:
Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
49:
While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the
synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher
anymore.”
50:
Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she
will be healed.”
51:
When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him
except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother.
52:
Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wailing,”
Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”
53:
They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
54:
But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!”
55:
Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her
something to eat.
56:
Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had
happened.
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE WITH GOD
In humility, like the
synagogue ruler, we should learn to commit our most prized possessions to the
care of God, especially our children, because only God can take care of them
and bring them to physical or spiritual maturity.
Many, like the crowd,
are praying and pressing on the Lord Jesus. But only a few, like the woman with
an issue of blood, truly reach out and touch Him in faithful prayer.
The Lord Jesus' healing
of her sickness saved her from physical, economic, social and, especially,
spiritual suffering.
Often, after our
prayer, things go from bad to worse like the case of the Synagogue ruler's
daughter, the case of Elijah and the child of his woman benefactor and the case
of Lazarus and his sisters.
So, we wonder where the
Lord Jesus is and why He delays in answering our prayers. But it's never too
late with God!
The Lord Jesus still
heals the sick and raises the dead today. Let us simply believe, like the Lord
Jesus told the synagogue ruler.
QUESTION:
Do you believe God can heal you and even raise the dead?
PRAYER:
Omnipotent God, I believe You still heal and raise the dead today. O Lord,
please help my unbelief in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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