The life of Jesus – 20
October 9,2014
Interrupting God.
Luke 8:41-48 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
In this story we see a man that had a daughter dying and he requested Jesus to come to his house. I am sure he knew that she was dying and to him this was a really urgent matter. What if Jesus doesn’t get there on time? Sick people needing healing but who needed it most thronged Jesus? I am sure if you asked him in front of the whole crowd he would try to convince you that his situation needed the most attention from God. Everybody else that was crowding around Jesus was sick, but not to death. I can understand his urgency to get Jesus to come. Would we be the same when we have a need so great?
Then the unthinkable happened. Someone interrupted Jesus. Someone stopped Jesus. How dare she do such a thing? There is no time for this. I am sure the woman was present when the father asked Jesus to come to his house. Surely she must have understood the urgency of his problem. She was a woman with a great need. She had an issue as long as this father’s girl was alive. Twelve years she struggled to get healing and she spend all she had but never got better. There is a twelve-year-old girl needing Jesus because she is dying. Who needs Jesus more?
I ask this question for a very specific reason. We always feel that our need are more important. God is on our side right? When Joshua meets the Angel of the Lord he asks the Angel: Are you for us or for them? God, who is more important in your eyes? Are you for the little girl or are you for the woman? God is for both. Jesus will not pick because He loves us all the same. He is waiting to be interrupted. The difference is that the woman was bold enough to interrupt Jesus and get her healing. The power to heal her was present as much as it was there to raise the girl from the dead. She knew how to interrupt Jesus.
Zacchaeus interrupted Jesus. He was sitting in a tree when Jesus passed by. Martha interrupted Jesus when she complained about Mary not helping to serve the people. Peter interrupted Jesus when he asked him to walk with him on the water. Some of these people did it for the right reasons and some did it for the wrong reasons. The point is that God does not mind us interrupting Him. It deals with our mindset that we cannot come to God boldly. It challenges our beliefs that we are not worthy of His attention. It shows us that God is not just available when we need Him but that we can come as we are and He will receive us and help us.
Can we look at ourselves and begin to think in a different way. When my daughter comes to me as her father I never mind her interrupting what I do. I might have to ask her to wait, but she is never an intrusion. I love it when she interrupts me to take care of her needs. That is what being “daddy” is all about?
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
I love how it says that when we come boldly we will find grace to help in time of need. We not only get help, but we get enough so that we can help someone else. Our interrupting God becomes a blessing to someone else. God blesses us so that we can bless someone else. When the woman touched Jesus she opened a door. Many touched Him but when she touched Him in desperation it caused others to walk through that door as well.
Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
What is the thing you need most today? It is not your healing. It is not your financial breakthrough or even your immediate need. What we all need today, most of all is to interrupt God. We all need to touch Him today in a way that will be different than anyone else who touch Him. Jesus today I need to connect with you because you are all I need.
