- And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” Luke 8:45-46 – What amazes me about this story is not that the lady that touched Jesus was healed, but that all the other people who were pressing in on Him weren’t. This shows just a closeness to Jesus doesn’t equal His power being in our life. We have to come close by faith to Him, believing He is who He says He is and can do what He says He can do. This might be why often we leave church or leave a time of reading scripture feeling like we got nothing from it. It’s not because Jesus’ power wasn’t there, just maybe we didn’t come to Him in the right way. So next time you spend time with God, come with heart ready to receive rather than an attitude of obligation. As we can tell from our story, that change may very well be the difference maker to if you’re going to experience His power in your life today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 613
- When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. Luke 8:27 – Here we see Luke’s account of the Gerasene demoniac. One piece of information we get from Luke’s account is that the demoniac hadn’t worn clothes in a long time. What stands out to me with that being said of him was there was no covering for his sinfulness at this time. Think of Adam and Eve the moment sin became a part of their story. Prior their nakedness was nothing, they didn’t even think twice about it. Yet, when sin came into their story, their nakedness was shocking to them and one of the first things God did was create a covering for them out of animal skin. With the man in our passage, we too see Jesus creating a covering for him. For when he came to Jesus he was unclothed, yet as we see in verse 35, he is now sitting, in his right mind, and clothed. Whether it was Adam, or Eve, or the Gerasene demoniac, or even us, we all needed a covering our of sinfulness. Our sin had been brought out in the light and we were exposed before God. And as we looked at yesterday in our Easter sermon, Jesus provided a covering of our sin. We are no longer naked, exposed, and ashamed but are covered by Jesus. Take time today to dwell on this truth surrounding your sin. Because of what took place on Easter our sin is covered and we can sit at the feet of Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2325
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