February 20, 2012 Suffering Jesus

Suffering Jesus

Mark 5:25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

“FREED from her suffering”…an incredible statement isn’t it? How you long for yourself or for someone you know to be freed from suffering. Suffering—a deep hurt physically that won’t quit, a penetrating hurt psychologically that shows up with every thought. What do you do with the suffering?
It’s easy for me to say, “Be like the bleeding woman. She went to Jesus, and he healed her.” But what would have happened if he didn’t heal her? Would you know her? No. You hear of the healed. What happens to the unhealed? Where’s Jesus in their suffering? Where’s Jesus in your suffering?
He’s right there. Do you see him? He’s at the whipping post. The Roman soldiers are lashing him to unbearable suffering for you.
Do you see him? The Roman executors are driving big spikes through his wrists. Now they are lifting his suffering body on a cross. Do you see him hanging there? Why is he experiencing that suffering pain? Of course, he suffers for you.
Yes, Jesus heals some now. Some he heals after “12 years”. Some he does not heal in this life.
Yet, Jesus has suffered to heal you for eternity. Call on Jesus as Lord and be healed forever.

Pause and consider how you need to touch Jesus to know his healing power.