Purposeful Touch

Luke 8:40–48 CSB

40 When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house, 42 because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him. 43 A woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any, 44 approached from behind and touched the end of his robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped. 45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing against you.” 46 “Someone did touch me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from me.” 47 When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched him and how she was instantly healed. 48 “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

1. Miracles happen at the corner of Expectation and Reception

The crowd welcomed Jesus

The crowd was expecting Jesus

You can’t receive what God has for you if you do not expect to receive it

Expectation is to have a longing

You have to look forward to your miracle

However, expectation is the 1 step

The other is reception

You must be willing to receive the miracle

You must be willing to do whatever it takes to get your miracle

Her desperation, her determination, her deliverance

2. We must be desperate for a miracle

The woman had an issue (some translations)

She was bleeding for quite some time

She was bleeding for 12 years

A 12 year old girl was dying

She had an incurable sickness

She had spent all her money on physicians

She was ceremonially unclean

Physically desperate: her health was gone

Financially desperate: her money was gone

Spiritually desperate: she couldn’t enter the temple

Physically: we are ever moving toward death

Financially: money cannot buy what we need

Spiritually: our sin separates us from God

Be desperate for your miracle

3. You need determination to get your miracle

You must be consistent

You must persistent

You must show up

“Came from behind him, and touched the border of his garment”

Conditions to discourage her from coming to Jesus

The great crowd surrounding Him

The attitude of His disciples

The importance of His mission

Your appearance: pale, poor, pitiful

Still, she pressed through to Jesus

“If I can but touch His clothes”

Mark 5:28 NIV84

28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”

Sometimes you must preach to yourself

You must encourage yourself to keep going

Be determined for your miracle

4. Don’t hide your Deliverance, Declare it to all

Her deliverance came from contact with Jesus

This was a touch of faith

She exercised greater faith than healthy ones around her

“Who touched me?” Sensitive to her touch

“Power has gone out of me”

Many surround Christ who do not touch Him

Her trembling … then her testimony

She told Him why she had touched Him

She declared to the crowd what had happened

In touching Jesus, she was able to touch others

Get your deliverance

5. Jesus has power over sicknesses and the human body

Press Through to Jesus

Come as you are with all your needs

Don’t pay attention to doubters or critics in the crowd

Don’t worry about the haters

This Woman Received More Than She Anticipated

She was healed from her illness

She became a child of God: “Daughter …” (v. 48)

Jesus Gives More Than We Ask or Think

Ephesians 3:20 NIV84

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

If you don’t ask you don’t get

If you don’t seek you don’t find

If you don’t expect a miracle you will leave the way you came in

Jesus is Lord over all sicknesses, viruses, diseases

Jesus is Lord over all

Jesus is able

Touch the Lord of our lives and get your miracle