MARK 5:21-43
A GIRL RESTORED TO LIFE — A WOMAN HEALED
“But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the
synagogue, ‘Do not fear, only believe’.” Mark 5:36 NRSV
An ill woman believes that if she can just touch the robe of Jesus she
will be cured. A Jewish leader brings
Jesus home to raise his daughter from the dead because he is told to
believe. Both receive unbelievable
rewards.
On the other hand, I could make a list of the fears I battle that would
be longer than my arm and belief is fleeting, at best. It’s a simple set of instructions that I
transform into…do not believe, only fear.
How can the Jewish leader with the dead child and the woman suffering
from hemorrhages act in faith in such frightening times and I can’t muster up a
fraction of their belief in much less frightening circumstances? It is discouraging to say the least, but
thank God there is hope in Christ. He is
our only hope.
Father, we disappoint
you because we refuse to believe that you are God and so our lives lack power
and purpose. We depend on ourselves for
answers and fear things that will never come to pass. Lord, grace us with the belief that will
dispel our fears that we may live the lives you intended us to live. In Christ name we pray.
~ Van Renick
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