RTW 2022

“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.“
Mark 5:34b

Does the phrase, Your faith has made you well stings a little bit?

• Why doesn’t my make faith make me well?
• Why didn’t my faith make them well?
• Why didn’t my faith save my marriage, child, or job?

I don’t know the answers, but this I do know:

• Healing comes when my faith intersects with God’s will and His timing, therefore I must do what is necessary to keep my faith strong.
• The only thing we have control over is our faith, therefore I must do what is necessary to keep my faith strong.
• Healing doesn’t come from the one who holds the faith, but in the One in whom the faith placed; therefore, I must make sure the object of my faith is only Jesus.
• Healing is defined by God, not me, therefore I must develop an unshakeable trust relationship with Him.

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When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from the tombs to meet him.
Mark 5:2

The first five verses of Mark break my heart. Was this man aware of what was happening within him? Day and night he wandered around and cut himself.

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Be thankful He heals, not matter how the healing comes about. Trust His plan is for my good. When things do not go the way I desire, share my hurt and disappointment with Him so that bitterness doesn’t grow in my heart.