Just Trust Me
She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched the fringe of his robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his clothing, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel that she had been healed! . . . While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from Jairus’s home with the message, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.” But Jesus ignored their comments and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just trust me.” Mark 5:27-29, 35-36
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In this amazing chapter of Mark’s Gospel we read of two miracles Jesus performed: the healing of the woman with a hemorrhage and the raising of Jairus’s daughter from the dead. The doctors had given up on the woman, taken all her money, and instead of healing her had left her worse than before. Yet with just the touch of her finger on Jesus’ robe, all the blood dried up and all the disease was gone from her body. Likewise, no one had hope for Jairus’s daughter; she had died, and the neighbors were already bringing food and mourning with the family. But one touch from Jesus raised her to new life.
But that happened way back in Bible days, we may think. It’s not relevant to my life today. On the contrary, the same power that went out through the hem of Jesus’ garment and through his words “Get up little girl!” is available to us today. God desires that through the Holy Spirit, we know and understand the unlimited, surpassing greatness of his power for us when we trust him. Voice your needs and cares to God, and then receive these words he speaks to you, his child, this day: “Don’t be afraid. Just trust me.”
Prayers:
FATHER, I praise you that the same power that raised Jairus’s daughter from the dead, healed the woman with a hemorrhage, and raised Jesus from the dead is available to us through your Spirit! Open the eyes of my heart to see, know, understand, and believe in the working of your power in and for us who believe.
Quotes:
God has in himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you.
Thomas Benton Brooks (1608–1680)
The One Year Bible Readings for today are: Leviticus 11:1–12:8; Mark 5:21-43; Psalm 38:1-22 and Proverbs 10:8-9.
