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21 Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea. 22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet 23 and begged Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.”

So Jesus shows up on the scene and a crowd is there waiting for him. Among these crowd members is

Jairus

the text highlights that he is desperately pleading with jesus to come to his home for his daughter is sick to the point of death.

tells us also an important point about Jairus-that he is ruler of the synagogue

The synagogue was a place for Jewish people to come worship, pray, read scripture, and have scripture explained.aka church

the ruler of the synagogue was an official of the church who was responsible for making sure the physical needs of the synagogue were met.

The reason this is note worthy is that it adds significance to the fact that Jairus was there with jesus at all

it shows his desperation

he was very well established in his church YET when his need about his daughter came up for what ever reason, suddenly all he knew was not enough. Why didn't he go to the synagogue and pray for her? why didn't he have one of the other synagogue leaders or priests pray for her?

based on his title he should have gone to the synagogue for his need. it would be like pastor bates getting sick and not coming to church to pray about it but looking elsewhere. He basically with his action was acknowledging that what I have practiced and what i know is not enough for this need

and this need is too great for me to stay with what isn't meeting it. I need someone who is known to heal.

Whether he was fully doubting his synagogue or just in this moment looking outside of it, his actions were still saying alot.

The community would have known his position in the church. they would have noticed this impact of his action. that his actions were saying-there is something about this man jesus

this thought/action could very likely of cost him his position within the church. but his need became > than what his title was, what he had access to , and to what he had believed.

So this is where we find Jairus…desperately pleading for jesus to come heal is daughter risking everything in the process.

jesus responds.read

Mark 5:24 NKJV

24 So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.

Mark 5:25 NKJV

25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,

so Jairus risked it all -all he knew, his position, his authority, his reputation, for his only daughter

and so Jesus said yes

they are going to go get to her soon.he wont loose her after all. she is going to be healed.

im sure at this point a flood of emotions were washing over Jairus: the risk is starting to give way to confidence, anxiety somewhat reducing because step one is done. we are moving closer to her. to frustration as this crowd throngs/surrounds jesus. “ dont they see i talked to him first? He as a job to do. come on move it. get out of our way. time is of the essence!” “ could he do a part the red sea moment” “lets go” “was this all for nothing” “will we even make it in time”

but all of the sudden something happens

Mark 5:25–28 NKJV

25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

mark 5:25-

Mark 5:29–30 NKJV

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

mark 5:29-

Mark 5:31–33 NKJV

31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ” 32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

mark 5:31-

Mark 5:34 NKJV

34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

mark 5:34

jairus had risked everything! he found jesus, he got him to say yes, he got them to press through the crowd and now his hope was INTERRUPTED

could you imagine his frustration?

“come on I called dibs”

“Jesus what are you doing?” “who cares who touched you! EVERYBODY touched you! we are surrounded by this annoying crowd!”

“hey hey hey, remember my daughter is dying? this is important. lets go!”

but Jesus stops. he notices the touch.it wasn't a BUMP it was a TOUCH. an INTENTIONAL TOUCH

not only did he notice the touch but he noticed healing power flowing from him to this person who touched him

and so he stopped

now imagine your this woman

you don't know Jairus. You didn't see him talking to Jesus. You spotted Jesus walking in the crowd. All you knew was this was your last shot.

it has been 12 years. 12 years of constant bleeding that no one can fix

but you have heard about a man named jesus who does what others cant.he is your last hope.so this is your moment.you have to take it

it has cost you everything so you aren't going to waste you chance

and literally it cost her everything

someone who bleed was considered unclean which was a huge negative title in this day.

if you were unclean that means you had to by levitical law be placed in isolation because if anyone touched you or anything you touched they were considered unclean.

so this is 12 years of not getting to go to the synagogue, not getting to live with others who weren't bearing this label. 12 years of everyone knowing the worst thing about you.12 years of people being disgusted by you. 12 years of trying everything to become clean. 12 years of drs visits.12 years of procedures to stop the bleeding but it didn't help but actually made it worse. 12 years of paying for these unsuccessful Dr visits.

so her showing up this day was not by chance.it was sought out. it was everything!

she was desperate-out of $, out of time, out of emotions.

she put herself in a position where she was not supposed to be and did what she was not supposed to do out of hope filled desperation.

her need became > then what the levitical law said or what man could do for or to her

but this time her need was met

mark 5:29 says immediately her bleeding stopped and she KNEW she was healed.

and then Jesus RESPONDED to her touch.

this is when reality of what was risked sets in. “O no! I broke the law! I touched him

verse 32 says she said with fear and trembling the WHOLE TRUTH

but Jesus response was love. he said “daughter you faith has made you whole.”

this woman was PHYSICALLY sick, ALONE physically, EMOTIONALLY isolated, RELIGIOUSLY isolated, FINANCIALLY spent, full of DISAPPOINTMENT from failed attempts

BUT one touch from JESUS and

she gained healing, hope resotred, no longer required to be isolated, and a new title-DAUGHTER=acceptance

Mark 5:35 NKJV

35 While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”

jairus had done his part! he had found jesus. he had found the answer

and this LADY cut in line!

and now.....its too late. she’s dead

could you imagine the feelings that washed over him in hearing this news and even before this news.

“alright Jesus we are almost there.”

“wait Jesus, what are you doing, we got to go?”

“ come on lady I got him first. I called dibs!”

“are you kidding me!? the WHOLE STORY! cant you just summarize it! we got to go!”

“wait is there a limit on how many healings he will do in one day? did she just take my daughters healing?”

“its too late. she stole her healing.my daughter is dead!”

and like the all knowing God that he is, it is in this exact moment of grief filled questions that Jesus turned to Jairus

Mark 5:36 NKJV

36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”

mark 5:36

in other words “hey Jairus go back to why you came to me. don't give up. I know it is not going how you thought it would but its okay.remember why you came to me in the first place. you had a desperate need and believed i could meet it. You still have a desperate need and i can still meet it.”

Mark 5:37–42 NKJV

37 And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 38 Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. 39 When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.” 40 And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. 41 Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” 42 Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement.

jairus had come for a healing,but he recieved a resurrection

3 take aways from this story:

1| GOD’S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS

“my ways are not your ways and your thoughts are not my thoughts declares the Lord.”

there is a similar story to Jairus: Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus asking him to come to their home, which was only 2 miles away, to heal their brother who was sick to the point of death. Jesus stayed however 2 more days and by the time he showed up, Lazarus was dead. The people complained and questioned him saying “couldn't you have healed him” “why didn't you come?if you would have been here this wouldn't have happened.”

how many of us can relate? God i need you to meet my need like this.. God why didn't you meet my need? I asked you. IF you would have just been here it wouldn't have happened.

but jesus replied “i am glad i was not here so you can believe”

Jesus is in the business of answering needs but how is does it is way bigger than what we allow him sometimes.

jesus didn't just want to meet jairus one need and this woman's one need. he met all of their needs with his interactions with them.

he challenged levitcal law: he allowed the touch from and unclean woman, and he touched the dead girls hand (don’t touch dead bodies or makes you unclean)

he didn't just want a healing. Jesus wanted to address their physical needs (need for healing), their spiritual understanding of who he was as God (not just a good man who could heal, but God because only God could push past limits of the law and do what the law and man had failed to do), their relational needs (she didn’t have to be isolated anymore, he didn’t have to be limited by the constraints of the law but find understanding of the law through jesus).he didn’t just want a faith for a moment but a faith building healing. a life changing miracle.

2| NOT INTERRUPTIONS BUT DIVINE INTERVENTIONS

what we deem as interruptions to our plan on how our need will get met, are not interruptions. they are interventions planned by God.

jairus saw the woman as an interruption. jesus saw her as an appointment

Jesus used her moment of need to match up with his moment of need-she was bleeding for 12 years. his dying daughter was 12 years old

it was through this woman’s healing that Jairus could gain faith to continue past bad news to still believe that Jesus could do what he said he could do.

3| SEE THE SETBACKS AS SETUPS

the interruption was a setup for Jairus to know Jesus greater.

he was not just a good man. He did what the law couldn't. he did what no other man could. he must be God!

butterfly

a man saw a Caterpillar working his way out of the cocoon. the man stopped and watch as this butterfly was struggling out of this cocoon. soon however the man noticed the butterfly had stopped moving. wanting to help the man carefully cut the remainder of the cocoon off of the butterfly freeing him from the cocoon. But the man was surprised to see the butterfly’s body was still big like the caterpillar and his wings were small. as the man continued to watch the butterfly remained on the branch…and never was able to take flight. what this kind but uninformed man didn't know was that the butterfly was designed by God to go through a struggle. it is through this struggling process of breaking out of the cocoon that squeezes the extra fluid from the caterpillars body into his wings so that his wings are enlarged and able to work for flight. although this man tried to help he robed the butterfly of the struggle needed to be what he was created for-flight.

i don't know why this woman had to suffer for 12 years. i don't know why it took the girl dying to stretch Jairus faith. but what i know is that God is a loving God. He does things on purpose for purpose

so maybe what you have been experiencing as setbacks, as interruptions, as unanswered prayers are not that at all. maybe God is setting you up for something far greater than what you are focused on. Maybe God is looking at more than one need. Maybe is isn't wanting to give you a band-aide but he is wanting to fully restore your life.

salvation prayer

prayer that god would change our perspective: its not a setback, its a set up

IT’S NOT A SETBACK, ITS A SETUP!

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