Touch The Hem!

Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I see the Majesty of God in a simple sunrise and it’s as if the light illuminates my Time in His Presence and it makes me hunger for more. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to some people…especially those sleeping through the sunrises in life…but that’s the way it works for me. I praise. I pray. I hunger for more of Him every day. As I thought about my hunger for more this morning, I was Reminded of a woman so long ago who knew that if she could just touch the hem of the garment of Jesus, she would be made whole. If I want to be all that He Created me to be, it takes a Heart like that…a Heart with unshakable Faith and a Heart desperate for more. So, I reached for His “hem” like never before this morning, and He filled me with everything I need for the Journey of Life today. Isn’t that the way you seek Him too?

It can be easy to overlook the Power available to all those who Belong to Jesus Christ because we live in a world riddled with lies and deceit…but we miss out on the Miracles if we do. It’s not much different today than it was so long ago when that woman found her way to His hem in a massive crowd of people surrounding Jesus. I’m sure some in the crowd were around for the ride, while others were there just to see what Jesus could do. There must have been some who just thought it was cool to see Jesus in action as if they needed to be entertained! But this woman was there because she KNEW Jesus was her Hope. It wasn’t a surprise to HER that she was instantly healed the moment she touched His hem. No doubt she had prayed countless prayers for healing throughout the twelve years she suffered. No doubt she cried a million tears living as an outcast because she was labeled “unclean” and therefore unworthy to be around others. Even her own family had rejected her. But when this woman heard about Jesus she didn’t “hope” He could heal her…she KNEW He could heal her if she just got close enough to touch even the hem of a garment. There was no magic in the garment itself, the “magic” was that she Believed…absolutely, positively, without a doubt. Lots of people follow Him and plenty claim to be His child, but far too few actually Believe that if they could just “touch the hem of his garment” they would be healed…absolutely, positively, without a shadow of a doubt. Is it any wonder people don’t see Miracles for themselves if they don’t believe they’re possible in the first place?

I began this magnificent new day hungering for more. I Believe in Him and I Believe in Miracles…absolutely, positively, without a shadow of a doubt. I serve a supernatural God and I expect supernatural things as part of my Journey of Faith. His Word isn’t a history book to me, and it can never become obsolete. God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore, and the same Jesus who healed that woman so long ago stands at the right side of the Throne of God today, ready, willing, and able to perform Miracles in the lives of all who Believe. My Faith is unwavering…I’m unshakable…and because of that, I’m Unstoppable too. I’ll be reaching for the hem of His garment all the days of my Life and nothing can stop me from sharing the God of Miracles with the world.

How about you?