When reading the story of the woman with the issues of blood, have you ever thought you could have those same "issues"?
This "issues" that might have been our burdens and reason for heaviness.
The beautiful thing about the story of the woman who battled with the issue of blood is that she recognized her problem.
Matthew 9:21, she thinks to herself:
"...If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
She tirelessly sought healing, going from place to place in search of a potent source of healing for her affliction. Often, the very act of seeking help—from hospitals, counselors, or various places—demonstrates that, deep down, we possess enough faith to believe that one day we might receive our miracle.
It is far better to seek solutions than to resign ourselves to the belief that our issues define us, concluding that there is nothing that can be done about them.
I have often struggled with how to deal with my own issues. In an effort to avoid mockery or to seem weak, I would hide my problems away. It’s not that we should constantly display our struggles, but we must acknowledge that healing is available to us. We may not have found it yet, but there is still hope that something might work out. The greatest lie of the enemy is to make us normalize our issues, convincing us to accept them as the norm. "Oh, it isn’t a problem; it’s just a lifestyle," we might say. After all, the woman lived with her affliction for over thirty years, which is three decades.
However, the truth is that God offers us freedom—freedom sufficient to bring us wholeness. We don’t need to get used to our bad attitudes, childhood traumas, or marital crises. We can draw closer to God, believing that if only we could touch the hem of the Master’s garment, we could be saved. This is what Jesus offers us: hope, even when the constant message from culture suggests that there isn’t any hope. Christ is our hope—not a hope limited by time, but one that transcends our present circumstances and reaches into eternity.
So, if we are unsure of how to manage our heavy burdens and issues, we can lift them up to the One who specializes in healing and wants to help us restore our brokenness.
The enemy’s first strategy is to keep us in a state of brokenness, for he knows that when we are broken, we cannot see what God is offering us. The reality is that God heals the broken-hearted—those with shattered dreams, broken marriages, ruined businesses, broken bodies, and any other form of brokenness the enemy has inflicted. He walks with us through this journey of healing.
This process doesn’t happen in a moment; it unfolds as a journey, with God guiding us every step of the way.
What do you do with the issues?
Just like the woman, you can touch the helm of His garment today.
Stay Revived!
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