The Power Of Him
The Power Of Him
In my home, there are what are called electrical outlets. I know that if I plug in an electrical device, it will have power to operate.
I also know that if I were to touch the outlet inappropriately, I could receive a shock that tells me that there is power present in that outlet.
Electrical current is the essence of that outlet, which would be useless without the flow of electricity.
We expect that if we plug something into an electrical outlet, it will draw on the essence of that outlet. Things meant to draw on the essence become empowered for the purpose for which they were created when they draw on the essence.
Luke 8:46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.”
A woman who had been bleeding for twelve long years touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, and (Power) His essence went out from Him into her, resulting in her healing.
For a woman to have an issue of blood meant a life of isolation. Women during their time of bleeding under the law were to be separated from the community. Under the law, they were not to come into contact with others during that time.
For this woman to be anywhere near a crowd, let alone someone who is a respected teacher, is a direct violation of the law. But she had suffered at the hands of doctors for many years and felt the isolation of her condition. She had heard about the power and goodness of Jesus. How He had healed and set free so many, and she imagined that if she could just touch the hem of His garment, she would be healed. She determined to sneak in through the crowd and get what she needed.
But she did not know that Jesus would perceive it if power went out from Him. Just as your electrical meter knows every time you use electricity in your home, Jesus knows when a person draws on His power.
To draw on His power, she first had to believe in His goodness. It all starts there because unless He is good, there’s no capacity for believing in the possibility of something needed being available to me. It is the draw of His goodness that overrides a sense of shame and unworthiness!
That woman perceived His goodness and somehow knew that she could be healed just by touching the hem of His garment. She was healed, and Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole.”
Her faith. Faith in what? Faith in His love, goodness, and power to heal, save, deliver, set free, affirm, love, and be joined with Him.
It is this kind of belief in who He is that results in drawing on the power that He is. A faith that draws on Him often manifests in real, outward, tangible solutions that cannot be explained except that it was the supernatural power of Jesus at work. It was the Holy Spirit accomplishing His will according to His goodness.
I want a faith that knows how to draw on Him all the time. A faith that doesn’t think it to be too much to expect His goodness in the land of the living! To lack such an expectation means losing heart. To live with such an expectation leads us to tap into the power of an abundant life He has already promised to us.
