This Week's Worship

From Hiding to Healing

Theme

Christianity is not merely a philosophy of thought, nor a religion of retreat into mountains or deserts. It is a faith of relationship. We come to the Lord, confess Him with our mouths, and enter into a living relationship with Him. Through that relationship, we receive salvation. And this faith is not hidden. It belongs in the midst of the crowd, where we proclaim the gospel to our neighbors. Yet many hesitate to step forward because we question whether we are worthy. We doubt our qualification. But God is not waiting for our perfection. He is waiting for us to come to Him. He calls us out of self-condemnation and into relationship.

Mark 5:25-34

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.”

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