by Barbara Dobbelaire

Created on: September 28, 2008

An Issue of Blood

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any Luke 8:43

The Bible tells us in Luke 8:43-48 about a woman who had an issue of blood. She sought help from all the physicians in her day to no avail. She had spent all her money in trying to find a cure.

How many of us have an issue of blood. I think that most of the Christian community has a blood issue. We don't understand the we have the DNA of our Heavenly Father. We don't accept all that Jesus blood on cross has accomplished for us. We'll gladly accept the salvation but we hesitate to go any farther. We want the anointing but not the power and responsibility that go with it. We look in many places for what we think is missing in our ministries when all the while Jesus holds all the answers. The more we seek Him and His ways the more effectively we will be able to minister to those around us. We have the answer and Jesus died so that we could share it with mankind.

We have weakened Christianity to a point that nobody is interested. We are very hard to tell from the rest of the world. We say we believe in Jesus and what He accomplished with His death on the cross, but as soon as we have a problem what do we do? Jesus death tore the veil between us and the Father, but do we go to Him first with our problems or only as a last resort? What happened to knowing that God is there and concerned with all the details of our lives even to the number of hairs on our heads. Jeremiah tells us that God has plans for us; plans to prosper us, not for evil.

When one of our brothers or sisters is facing a death sentence from a doctor we're happy to pray, but what do we think will really happen? Do we really expect to see our Creator, the One, that made us and knows us better than anyone fix that which is broken in us? When Esther went before King Xerxes after fasting and praying for three days, she expected God to act. Do we? If we really believed that He could heal the sick we would be out laying hands on people like Jesus and the early church did.

Jesus died to deliver people from the chains that Satan has them bond with. Do we care about that part or are we willing to pass by and think they can figure it out for themselves? We see the tattooed and pierced youth of our day and we just expect them to figure it out and then we will be happy to welcome them into the family of God. When we pass the homeless and drug addicts, do we see then through the blood of Jesus? If we did, we would stop and help a fellow brother or sister.

Brandon Heath has just released a song that pretty much wraps it up called "Give Me Eyes To See". Part of it goes like this:

Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach
Give me your heart for the once forgotten.

How well do we represent Jesus? Represent actually means to re-present Jesus to the world. So I ask you, do you have a blood issue. Do you know your DNA and who your Father really is?

Father, I ask that You open our eyes to see this world as You see it. Help us to see what Your Son, Jesus, was willing to give His life for. Help us to re-present Your loving mercy to those that we come in contact with. Help us to walk in the Fruits of the Spirit. Thank you that You are willing to rescue us from ourselves no matter what condition that we are in. Thank You for Your everlasting love. Amen

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