The following story was taken from Mark 5:21-43

Jairus, a synagogue ruler, fell at the feet of Jesus begging him to touch his dying daughter. At one point in the story men who had come from Jairus’s house went to Jairus to tell him that his daughter was dead. Jesus ignored what they had said and told this grieving man, “don’t be afraid, just believe.”

When they had gotten to Jairus’s home Jesus told the people there that the daughter was not dead but that she was just sleeping. They laughed at Him! Can you imagine! Obviously, they had no faith … maybe they had no idea who Jesus was.

The child’s parents, a few disciples, and Jesus went to the child where she was laying. Jesus took her by the hand and said, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!” Immediately she stood up and walked around. She was healed!

How many stories do we read where Jesus, in some form or another, touched someone to heal them? Touch is obviously very powerful.

In reading and meditating on this story today it occurred to me that if Jesus can raise the dead, can He not raise what appears to be dead in our lives today? Do we not all have situations that are sick, next to death’s door, and even dead?

Finances … relationships … health … marriages … ministry hardships … children … the list could go on.

I encourage you to seek Him out, run to Jesus and throw yourselves at His feet and plead with Him to touch your situation. “Do not be afraid, just believe!” All it takes is a touch from Him. For the woman who bleed for 12 years all it took for her was to touch the hem of His cloak and she was healed.

Beloved, seek Him, run to Him with all of your being … touch Him and allow Him to touch you. He is The Great Physician in all things.

Don’t be afraid, just believe!

What would it look like for you to run to Him to receive His healing touch?

What might that healing look like?