Simple Faith
“And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
Mark 5:34
It is time for you and me to petition God, not man.
““Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,
That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.””
A petition is an appeal or a request. This woman had come to the very end of her tether. She could go no further. Maybe I am talking to someone this morning who is in that exact same position.
“My loved one has got COVID-19.”
“They say there is no hope for that person.”
“That situation at my work, where they are going to retrench me. Where am I going to get another job from?”
This woman had no more game plan - For twelve years she had been bleeding, there was no cure. She suffered much at the hand of many physicians, the Bible says and she spent all her money and yet the situation was growing worse. Do you identify with that woman this morning?
She said in desperation when she heard that the Son of God was coming down the road, “If only I can touch the hem of His garment, I will be made well.” She pushed through. She persevered, she managed to touch the hem of His garment and the Bible says, immediately God healed her.
You and I need simple faith today, uncomplicated faith, child-like faith - not childish faith - child-like faith, faith like potatoes. Why do we use that terminology?
It must be simple, it must be real and it must be tangible. Farming has taught me to have faith in God.
I want to encourage you today as we are living in a world where everything is upside down. There are so many theories, that you must do this and you mustn’t do that, people are petrified. This is our time to reach out and touch the hem of his garment and He will heal us.
When I planted my maize crops there was no guarantee that that crop was going to germinate. There was no guarantee that the rain would come, and yet for over fifty years, He has never failed me!
He will not fail you today my dear friend.
Put your trust in Jesus because He says He is waiting - waiting to heal you.
God bless you and have a victorious day.