He Walked By And Healed Me

When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.

Have you ever been there?

Have you ever been so desperate for something to change in your life; you sought for it with all your might?

In Mark 5:25-34 we are told of a desperate woman with the issue of blood lasting twelve years.

The woman with the issue of blood was at the end of her rope. She needed change. She needed healing and she needed it now, or it would be too late. She had exhausted every option for her healing, but the results remained the same. Her constant infirmity remained. For twelve years this woman’s infirmity plagued her. For twelve years she suffered many things from many physicians. All to find out, nothing helped, but things were growing worse. During those twelve years, she spent all the money she had on doctors in an effort to become well, but to no avail. She remained with her infirmity. 

Frustrated, ostracized and forgotten, this woman was at her lowest of lows. All hope had been lost. She was forsaken and despised by all who knew her. In her lowest of times, in her utmost desperation, when she was at her wits end, she “heard” about Jesus, the man of God who was passing by.

Her faith arose. She would not miss her moment. Although she had not yet met Him, He had already captured her heart. She was a woman desperate for a touch of God. Soon she would experience His healing presence. Her heart heard the sound of hope before her eyes saw Him.

By faith she was led to Him, to this Man who would change her world around in a moment.

In a heavy congested crowd of onlookers, she made her way to see Him. She came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. Her faith spoke out, before her words were spoken. The overflow of abundance in her heart quickly welled up and spoke, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” This is faith in action. Her faith drove her to do what her heart longed for and her body was desperate for. She touched the hem of His garment, just His hem. Her brokenness was the vehicle, which drove her to His love.

Her passion propelled her to push forward in a hostile crowd because her heart was convinced that this was the real thing. Jesus is the answer.

This woman who has suffered at the hands of many physicians, who has emptied her purse in hopes of finding her answer, who has longed for pure love in relationships since being ostracized from all who knew her, reached out and touched the Son of God!

She touched the hem of His garment. Her desperation drove her to His feet. This is it. If only I touch His garment. She had nothing to loose for all had already been lost. “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” She reached out and touched His hem, and immediately the fountain dried up. Immediately what was trying to destroy her came to a stand still, and was reversed. She was healed.

The blood dried up.

You may need a divine reversal right now.

You may be at that place of desperation. You may be thinking, “If God does not come through then I won’t make it.” Beloved, reach out to the lover of your soul and touch the hem of His garment. He is here for you.

 

The woman knew in her body she was healed the moment she touched Him. Not only did she know it but Jesus also knew that power left his body. The moment her faith rose up and she touched Him, He turned around because He felt power leave his body. “Who touched my clothes?” Jesus responded.

With so many people pressing into Him, He asked who touched Him. On a crowed road with all the followers pressing in on every side, yet He asked, “Who touched My clothes?” Though many had been pressing Him and touching Him, only one touched Him with desperation and that desperation pulled on His healing power. He felt power leave Him. Fearing and trembling, she fell at His feet and told Him the story, the whole story.

Some of you need to fall to your knees and tell Jesus the story. The whole story. Your whole story. He is your healer. Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your afflictions.

Prayer

Father, in my brokenness, I come to You and ask for Your touch. I can’t go on any longer without knowing You are with me. I lay down my fears, and everything that hinders Your love in my life. I believe You are the healer. You are the one who can heal my body and my emotions. In faith today, I reach out and touch You. I touch the hem of Your garment and believe that You are the same, yesterday, today and forever. Father, I ask for You to heal my brokenness and bring me to wholeness in You. I believe what You did for this woman with the issue of blood You will do for me. I believe there for I will receive Your healing power. In Your name I pray this Jesus. Amen.

Pastor Cathy Coppola

Cathy Coppola International Ministries

Cathycoppolaministries.org

cathycoppola@gmail.com

 

Other books by Cathy Coppola

From Grief to Glory

Devil! Get Your Hands Off!

 

Watch Pastor Cathy Coppola on The Holy Spirit Broadcast Network, HSBN.tv.

Her program is called “Where The Fire Meets The Clouds.”

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