No Insecurity is too big!

We are called to recognize who we are by who God tells us we are, rather than who the world tells us we are. But similar to the rest of you, I have some vast insecurities that it's hard to overcome…  Like the insecurities that you know are the first thing people recognize you by. In this blog, we will discuss a woman with a significant insecurity. 

In the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the story of the woman with the issue of blood is told (and I encourage you, if you have not read this biblical account, stop now, and go read through it). The unnamed woman bled for twelve years. She saw doctor after doctor, and spent all of her money to try and stop her bleeding. According to Mosaic law, the woman was ritually unclean. This means she was isolated from others, unable to worship in the temple, and considered unclean to anyone she had touched. 

The woman had heard all about Jesus and the healing that He carried. As He was walking through the crowds, on the way to tend to Jairus’s dying daughter, the woman grabbed the hem of His robe, and she immediately felt healing go through her body. When Jesus asked who had touched the hem of His robe, the woman was on her knees, trembling and told Jesus what she had done. And Jesus responded in Mark 5:34, “‘Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over’”. 

While I feel there are a hundred really amazing details that we should study, I will pick just a few… In Jesus's response to the woman’s trembling, He first identifies her as Daughter! This is important because she is now outwardly recognized into the family of God even though her condition brought her so far away from being accepted into Jewish culture, and second, her only given name in this passage is Daughter, and is her right to inherit the healing power of Jesus!

Also in response to the woman’s trembling, Jesus says, “‘ your faith has made you well’”. Friends, I want to remind you that it is your actual faith that allows you to be healed and set free from the bondage of your insecurities. We can re-read the Word of God one hundred times over, but it isn't till you stand firm in faith to receive the alive and active Word of God that it heals and changes you.

      There is no insecurity, sickness, physical inhalement, root of unforgiveness, anger, or sorrow that is too big for a really big God. Give the years of your pains to Him! Reach for the cloak of His garment and be transformed and healed in Jesus’ name!