Mark 5:25

Mark 5:25 says, And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, Verse twenty-six adds, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,  If you ever start to think that everything is hopeless, remember this woman.  She had been sick for twelve years and had endured many things at the hands of physicians.  Now, this is not an indictment on physicians, because I know that they can do a lot to help a person, but they cannot cure everything, but God can if we put our faith in Him and He chooses to do so.  We may wonder why God doesn't heal everyone, but we cannot allow the fact that He doesn't to stop us from believing that He has the power to do so or lose our faith in Him.  The woman had spent everything she had on seeking a cure, but only grew worse.  Verse twenty-seven states, When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.  Verse twenty-eight adds, For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Then, she heard that Jesus was nearby and put her faith in Him into practice.  She didn't even believe that she had to talk to Him personally to be healed, but that she only had to touch Him by faith.  We will never see Jesus face to face in this lifetime, but if we come to Him by faith, we will be healed spiritually.  Verse twenty-nine continues, And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.  When she touched Jesus' garment, she was made whole, not by the act itself but because of her faith in Him. If you would be made spiritually whole today, all you have to do is come to Jesus Christ by faith.  Verse thirty states, And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?  If you ever feel that Jesus is too busy to hear or care about you, remember this woman.  Jesus knew that someone had reached out and touched Him, because the virtue, His healing power I believe, had gone out of Him.  Even in the press of the crowd around Him, Jesus knew someone had reached out to Him and asked who had touched His clothes.  I believe Jesus already knew who but was giving the woman a chance to publicly acknowledge her faith in Him.  Even though Jesus always knows when a person comes to Him for salvation by faith, which is a personal thing, He still expects them to publicly acknowledge their faith in Him.  Verse thirty-one adds, And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?  The disciples once again focused on the crowd instead of on Jesus and the woman.  They basically said with so many people around, how could Jesus expect to know who touched Him.  Even in a crowd, if no one else knows, if a person comes to Jesus by faith, He will always recognize that person individually.  Crowds cannot separate us from Jesus if we come to Him in faith, nor keep Him from knowing who we are individually.  We must do whatever is necessary to get to Him.  Verse thirty-two says, And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.  Verse thirty-three adds, But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. Jesus looked around for the woman, and even though she was afraid, she fell down before Jesus and told Him the truth.  We really have no reason to fear coming to Jesus, but even if we are afraid for whatever reason, we need to simply acknowledge to Him that we are coming by faith to be healed spiritually.  Verse thirty-four continues, And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.  Jesus told the woman that her faith had made her whole.  She really didn't have to touch His garment, but simply needed to profess here faith in Jesus.  There is nothing else that we must do to be saved than to come to Jesus by faith.