Power Flows Out!

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In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years.  She had gone to many doctors, and they had not done anything except cause her a lot of pain. She had paid them all the money she had. But instead of getting better, she only got worse.  The woman had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him in the crowd and barely touched his clothes.  She had said to herself, "If I can just touch his clothes, I will get well."  As soon as she touched them, her bleeding stopped, and she knew she was well.  At that moment Jesus felt power go out from him. He turned to the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"  His disciples said to him, "Look at all these people crowding around you! How can you ask who touched you?"  But Jesus turned to see who had touched him.  The woman knew what had happened to her. She came shaking with fear and knelt down in front of Jesus. Then she told him the whole story.  Jesus said to the woman, "You are now well because of your faith. May God give you peace! You are healed, and you will no longer be in pain."

Mark 5:25-34

This is a story about miraculous power flowing out of Jesus and healing a woman who had been bleeding for a dozen years.  But the thing about this story that causes me to wonder is that Jesus didn't know who had touched Him.  

The faith of the sick woman released the Power of God to heal her body and Jesus, in the flesh, was unaware of who she was until He asked.  This raises a lot of questions that could fill many books with human speculation, but for me the most important thing is this: Jesus was "fully human" and as such His human body limited His Almighty awareness.

Jesus was and is also "fully God" and as God has no limitations at all, unless He chooses to impose them on Himself.  But the most important and amazing truth is this:  Jesus became totally like me so that I can become totally like Him!

The only "human" thing that Jesus never did is this: Jesus never sinned! 

So if you are like Jesus and are still walking in the flesh, you may not always know how the Power of God is flowing out of you.  But you can be sure that God is working through you if you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.

"Thank You Jesus for letting Your Power flow out of me in ways that I don't even know about.  May Your Name be praised now and forever.  Amen."