Reach out and touch Jesus today!

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “How can everyone else seem to be so happy and full of joy when my life is so miserable?”

Others are getting healed, blessed, excited, used of God, bringing people to Christ, prospering and growing in God.

“Where am I missing it?”

Jesus is walking along with His disciples in a crowd so large that the people almost crushed Jesus. A woman who had been sick for 12 years came up behind Him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” Peter had a look of incredulity on his face and said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.” In other words, “what do you mean who touched you? You’re in a crowd!”

Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”

The woman, seeing she couldn’t 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. Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

The woman was healed because of her faith. She was healed because she reached out and touched the edge of his cloak in faith. The word “touched” can actually be translated “to fasten oneself to.” It connotes getting a “death grip” on something. It implies grabbing hold without the intention of ever letting go!

Sometimes we miss what God has for us because we are not reaching out. God always meets us at our level of faith.

No matter how lonely, depressed, discouraged and down you may feel today, reach out to Jesus. Take a step of faith. Don’t miss what God has for you today!

The woman had tried every other avenue for her healing, but finally she comes to Jesus!

Reach out and don’t let go! Jesus is looking for those who will touch him, those who will “fasten themselves to Him.”

When you fasten yourself to Jesus, you will be in for the ride of your life!