Mark 3:10 – “For He (Jesus) had healed many so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward Him in order to touch Him.”

God is unchanging!   Jesus completely defeated the devil and purchased our redemption.  God loves us!  In the Word, we discover immutable things that inspire!

In Mark 3, they saw the miracles and healings.  They knew that there was something in Jesus that produced the healings.  They concluded that “if” they could touch that power (Him), they could be healed.   So, they sought to touch Him.   The woman with the issue of blood kept saying that very thing, “If I can touch Him.”   In Gennesaret, on His second visit, they asked to touch the hem of His garment.

The reality was that Jesus had the power to heal and deliver.   They desired to touch Him.   I had some questions that came into my heart that challenged me.   “How much do we want to touch Him?”    Another, “How desperate are we to touch Him?”   Then, “Why did they not simply want Him to touch them?”

The woman with the issue of blood was destitute and desperate.  She violated proper Jewish protocol by pressing through the crowd (hindrances) and TOUCHING HIM.

Jesus touching us requires nothing from us.  It requires no commitment, desperation, or effort, just reception of His touch.  We need that, but if we are going to press into His provisions, we have to TOUCH HIM!

We have to press through the things that separate us, get near enough to touch Him, and make a concerted and committed effort to get to Him.  Too often, we pray, “LORD, touch us when the need is for us to touch Him.”  We ask Him to take our part and do our part and His.  He will touch us when we touch Him.

My heart cries, “LORD, help me to become desperate enough to do whatever is needed to get close enough to TOUCH YOU!”   I know that he will TOUCH US when we get near enough to TOUCH HIM!   He longs for us to accept His invitation to “Come to Him.”

In His presence is peace, provision, and power.  Touching Jesus is my goal today!  Touching Him is all that matters!  We will be transformed as we cast off all that hinders us and press in close enough to touch Him.  In that condition, we will receive and gain power to pull down strongholds.

The goal today is to TOUCH JESUS and then be TOUCHED by JESUS!