He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
The Lord Jesus Christ knows all those who come to Him and the state they were in when they first came. You have to come to Him through the faith you have in God. You have to be directed to Him by God the Father Himself. You cannot go the Lord Jesus Christ without being led by the will of the Father in Heaven. He draws you to Christ our Lord. You have to come to Him by your faith in God. When you know that there is a God, He will direct you to Christ His only begotten Son. When you go to the Son, you will see the Father in Him. When you go to the Son, He will also introduce you to God the Holy Spirit who will come and dwell in you, when you believe in Him to be your Savior. Savior of what, you may ask? Savior who frees you from the suffering of living in bondage to the sinful nature of the Devil in you. In the passage where the verse above was taken from, we see a woman suffering from a sickness. This sickness had brought her painful sufferings for twelve years. She was suffering from a womb problem. She embarrassingly had an excessive bleeding problem. She had suffered this sickness for twelve long and painful years, we could see it. She had no choice but to come to the Lord Jesus Christ. Maybe, she could not afford to see a physician or she could have been told by the physician that this sickness in her is incurable. It could have been a disease that she could not have been treated with medication. The passage does not specify here. She had no other choice but to come to the Lord Jesus Christ.
The way she came to Him amazes us. She could not have thought about it unless God had told her so. God the Father could have whispered to her to "go and touch the clothes of my Son" and you will be healed or else how did that thought come into her? It was definitely a rare thought. She acted out of that faith in her. We need faith from God to come to Christ. When this faith comes from God the Father to us, our eyes that has been blinded to the things of God will suddenly be opened. God will open our eyes, ears and understanding. Here, the suffering woman could see the truth appearing before her. She didn't want to miss it! She stretched out her hand and touched the cloak of the Lord Jesus Christ by that new found faith in her. The Lord Jesus Christ knows everyone who comes to Him drawn by the Father in heaven to Him. He didn't touch her, but she touched Him first. That would have needed courage on her part! She did it anyhow! The Lord knew it, even though He was in a pressing crowd, that someone had deliberately touched Him for some purpose. He wanted to know for what purpose, or is it that, He had already known it but wanted her to make known the purpose of her touch. He felt power leaving Him. When she confessed finally, He told her; " Daughter your faith has healed you". You need faith to come to Christ our Lord.You can never come to Him without that faith in you.
"Go in peace", He said to her. You come in faith to Him and He sends you off with the peace of God in you. He is the Prince of Peace. There is no one else who can give you the peace that comes from God. When you sincerely come to Christ our Lord, He becomes your Prince of Peace. You need that peace of God "that surpasses human understanding", to fill you. Only He can give you that peace with God to fill you. When you are at peace with God, you will be at peace within yourself. When you are at peace within you, you will be at peace with others. Only Christ our Lord can fill you with such peace, for He is the only Prince of Peace, until then you will be at war with God. When you are at war with God, you will only obey the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You will continue to be at war with God as long as you obey the passions, urges, and evil desires of the sinful nature of the Devil in you. When you are at war with God, you will be at war with yourself. When you are at war with yourself, you will be at war with others around you.Until you come to Christ our Lord, you will be caught in that vicious cycle of life. Like the woman in the verse above, you have to come to Christ when are you drawn by the Father in heaven to Him. Don't resist it! Come to Him now and you will be freed from your suffering of living in bondage to sin, sickness and shame. He will truly free you from the evil bondage to the sinful nature of the Devil in you, that brings sin, sicknesses and shame to you. Do not be afraid of being ridiculed for your faith in God. Come to Him now and acknowledge your need humbly to Him like the woman in the verse above. Turn away from your bondage to the sinful nature of the Devil in you. You will truly be freed by Him who is your Deliverer!
Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
