And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” 31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” Mark 5:30-31 – Something that is standing out to me in this reading of the gospel over previous times is that level of the crowds Jesus was having to work in. Often we’ll see pictures of Jesus sitting peacefully on a rock teaching a handful of people, but that’s not the image we’re getting here in Mark. He is overwhelming surrounded by people, pushing and shoving, trying to get close to Jesus, likely bumping into Him constantly. Which makes the disciples’ statement understandable. Who touched you in this crowd Jesus? Literally everyone here is touching you and bumping into you. Yet Jesus was able to discern the difference between the crowds pressing in on Him and the touch of faith expressed by this woman. Let us also be aware of this truth, we can be near Jesus, pressing into where He is at, and knocking into Him, but not actually reaching out to Him in faith. You can be in church but not actually feel Jesus. You can read your Bible but not actually hear from Jesus. You can be where Jesus is at and totally miss Him if your heart isn’t reaching out to Him in faith like this lady in our passage was. Choose then to approach your time with Jesus differently if recently you haven’t been feeling His presence or blessing in your times of drawing near to Him. Know He is always close and always available, what’s needs to be examined though is where is our heart at as we approach Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3096
Question To Ponder: Do you think the other people in the crowd touching Jesus were healed? Why or why not?
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