Scripture Review

Good day Beloved in Christ Jesus. Welcome to this week's episode of scriptures review. Remain blessed as you read.

Topic: WHO TOUCHED ME?

Text: Mark 5:30, "And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?"

Whenever God asks a question always remember that He is not seeking for information, neither is He seeking for explanation. He only wants to call your attention to some missing details. He wants you to check yourself and fix something missing. Remember when He asked Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3:9, "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? If you think God was seeking information about Adam's where about, you must be a joker. God is not oblivious of what transpired between Adam, and Eve, and Saran, in the Garden of Eden. Have you not seen a man look into his wife's eyes and say, where is my wife? This is not the woman I married. Dear, what has come over you? I'm sure you have heard such conversation between couples in the past. The intent of the question is not to seek information, but to call your partner to order, so she may come back to her senses. This is exactly what God did to Adam. God was saying something like, where is my Adam? What has come over you? God is of a purer eyes to behold iniquity.

The moment iniquity sets in, He quickly moved to call Adam to order. Unfortunately, Adam didn't get the message. Genesis 3:11, "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?" When God asked Adam who told him he was naked, God was not seeking information from Adam. God was like, Adam, you are naked! Says who? To Adam, appearing before God undressed is nakedness. He mistaken glory for clothing. God saw a lose glory, Adam saw a lost clothing. Adam has forgotten that before now him and his wife have been physically naked without shame. Sin brought shame. Genesis 2:25, "And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." God's reaction was like, "who lectured you about nakedness, haven't I warned you not to go near that tree." Same thing applies to believers, we think we have the capacity to explain our failures. We think our explanation is legitimate enough to justify our failures. You can never know the meaning of responsibility until you understand the necessity of results regardless of obstacles.

Anybody can give millions of excuses to justify failure. Granted, there are delays and hindrances, but regardless of those obstacles excuses don't justify your failure. Excuse is the difference between the responsible and the irresponsible. You're not empowered to put in efforts; you're empowered to get results. Who cares whether there are obstacles on your way or not. The ultimate measure of true responsibility is the results. It's only an irresponsible leader that gives excuses to justify their failures. During Jesus' earthly ministry, many of the sick couldn't receive their miracles on time for just one reason. They were queuing up and struggling to get Jesus' attention in the midst of the crowd. Until one woman took a bold step to break the protocol. Although crowd would not allow her to get Jesus' attention, but she had access to the border of Jesus' garment. That was all she needed. She just set a strong precedence for others to follow. Since that day everybody follow suit. And as many that touched His garment were made whole. Just as God questioned Adam, when Jesus asked "who touched me?" He was not seeking for information.

Jesus didn't ask that question to prove any point or to add this particular healing to His list of accomplishment. He did that to deliver others from their distractions. Despite the fact that He was so close to them, they have this idol in their heart, that unless Jesus gives them attention and lays hand on them, they won't be able to receive their miracles. They were all rubbing their body around Jesus but they never touched Jesus. They were closed to Jesus but they never touched Him. You can be close to Jesus and still not touch him. They were dinning and winning with Jesus but they never touched Him. Rather than seeking for Jesus' attention, why don't you Just go ahead and touch Him. The easiest way to get Jesus' attention is to touch Him. You may see Jesus attending to others and you're worried when is it going to be my turn? Rather than worrying about who Jesus is attending to, why don't you just touch Him. You may not be on Jesus' schedule or itinerary for the day but you can touch Him. When it comes to touching Jesus, there is no hard rules or protocol about it, just go ahead and touch Him.

Remember how Ruth touched God's heart and got God's attention. Ruth was not an Israelite, she was a Moabite, who became the great-grandmother of Jesus, because she touched God's heart. There may be crowd thronging on Jesus for attention, that is not supposed to be your problem. Just stretch out your hand and touch Him. Mark 5:31, "And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?" Many Christians are struggling under prolonged challenges because of distractions. Distractions itself is a constant in life. You cannot stop distractions from coming, but you can refuse to be distracted. You don't have control over distractions but you have control over your self-will. Do you know that Peter's insensitivity was not enough to deny that woman of her miracles. The blurred vision of your pastor is not an excuse for you to limit God. When you show some love to a fellow brother or sister in Christ, you have touched Jesus heart, and you will definitely get His attention. Mark 5:34, "And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."

Shalom ...