Welcome to part two of Jesus can heal your soul. There is a great need for emotional healing in the body of Christ today. It is God’s will that you have a prosperous and healed soul. ( 3 John 2 ).
Salvation brings about a new recreated spirit in your life when you are Born Again. Remember you are not just a physical being with a soul. You are a spiritual being as well. ( 1 Thess 5:23 ). In our Christian walk we are growing in our relationship with God by renewing our mind with God’s word and learning to walk after the Spirit and not after the dictates of our flesh. (Rom, 8:6, Rom 12:1-2, Rom 8:13-14, Gal 5:16, ). This is the process that the Bible calls sanctification. Learning to live a Christ-filled, Christ-centered life in the power of the Holy Spirit. Living a life separated from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. ( 1 John 2:15-16 ). Learning every day to walk in the Fruit of the Spirit. (Gal 5:22 -23 ) Having said all this we are responsible for how we think and the choices we make in life. In the Gospels, we see recorded at least twenty-six instances of physical healings by Jesus. Thank God he came to bring and reveal the Father’s heart regarding healing. Jesus healed all that came to Him. Hebrews 13:8 (KJV) -8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Anybody can receive healing today. God hasn’t changed His mind. All things are possible to them that believe. ( Mark 9:23 ). The question today does God bring emotional healing as well? The answer is yes. Do we see that in the gospels?
Let’s look at the women with the issue of blood who suffered for twelve years. This is found in ( Matt 9:20, Mark 5:25, and Luke 8:43 ). In Mark 5:25-26 (KJV) -25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, Mark 5:27-29 (KJV) -27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. The Greek word whole is the Greek word Sozo. This word means preservation, healing, make whole, save, and protect. I think that God’s healing power not only touched her body but her soul as well. This woman had suffered for twelve years with constant hemorrhaging. It’s a miracle that she didn’t die. The Bible doesn’t share what she was going through emotionally. We have to use our imagination to look into her life and see how she possibly felt.
According to Jewish law at that time this woman was considered unclean. If she was to go out in public she had to let people know she was unclean. If anyone touched her they were considered unclean as well and had to go through a purification process. This woman lived separated from her husband if she was married, from friends and family members. She couldn’t go to Church. We can imagine that she was lonely, and depressed about the length of her situation. She was financially broke, her condition grew worse. She suffered many things from many physicians. I’m sure the treatment was painful and even barbaric. You have to think she felt hopeless and beyond help after all this. There seemed to be no future. Her self-worth and motivation were at an all-time low. She was fatigued, weak, and anemic from blood loss. She was treated like a leper. Can you see the feelings of rejection and emotional pain, she felt all those years? Would you have felt that God had abandoned her? I think she did. Doctors couldn’t help her, and the religious leaders of the day couldn’t help her. She was a total outcast. The daily routine of washing her blood-stained clothing. A daily reminder of her troubled condition. So can you see there was a lot of emotional pain and hurt that she was going through? I’m sure she cried a lot. Amazingly, she survived all those years emotionally and physically.
The day came when she heard about Jesus and the miracles that he was performing. What a day that must have been. Maybe she thought, “Maybe he can heal me?” For the first time in a long time, hope came into her heart. She redirected her thoughts and her emotions in a new direction. A new path that was about to be taken. No longer the debilitating thoughts of the past, and the negativity of people but a whole new direction in her thoughts and what she said. This was an important decision in her life. Matthew 9:21 (KJV) -21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. In the Greek language, it says she kept saying to herself over and over. Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) -7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: We see this principle in Mark 11:23. about receiving an answer to prayer. Mark 11:23 (KJV) -23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Believing has a lot to do with our saying and not doubting. Our mouths need to line up with what we believe. Faith had risen in this woman’s heart leading her to receive from Jesus. So much so that she was willing to go out in public, face ridicule and scrutiny to touch the hem of Jesus’s garment. She had heard, she thought, she said, and she acted on her faith.
( James 2:26 ). She crawled and approached Jesus through the crowd of people. Risking being called out and warned by those around yelling unclean. What courage she had. Faith can be bold and go against all natural human reasoning. This was her lifeline to a better future both physically and emotionally. Her faith was going to bring a better future for her. Faith reached out and so she did touching the hem of his garment. Mark 5:29 (KJV) 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. The word plague in Greek is Mastic. It is the same word used for whip or flagellum or scourging for criminals. This woman felt beaten and whipped emotionally and physically by this affliction and even by society. Life had not been easy for her. She was treated like a criminal. Yet her life had finally turned a corner. What seemed hopeless was now filled with hope.
Her touching Jesus would have made him unclean but she touched him anyway. That was bold. She knew she would be healed and it wouldn’t have made him unclean. I know Jesus wouldn’t have cared. Jesus said, “Mark 5:34 (KJV) -34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace and be whole of thy plague. He called her daughter which was so precious for her to hear. To finally feel like someone cared and would love and accept her. To finally have peace and no more emotional turmoil. She was finally free! Jesus said her faith had made her whole. Faith is a powerful thing when it is connected to Jesus. Our faith is focused not just on the answer but on the one who has the answer. You can imagine that she was filled with absolute joy in her soul when she felt in her body that she was whole. There would be a happy reunion with her family, friends, and possibly her husband, and she was now able to go to church. To walk freely in public. No longer feeling shame and rejection. She was able to hold her head up high. To have a normal life again. Sickness, disease, and emotional pain bring no joy to the heart of our Father in heaven. Jesus paid the price to bring wholeness and healing into our lives through his death, burial, and resurrection.
If you struggle today either physically or emotionally know that there is a Savior who loves you deeply and wants you whole. You can take a new path today by letting hope and faith rise in your heart as you look to Jesus. Start changing the way you think and the way you talk. This will create an atmosphere for faith to thrive. Faith will abound with thanksgiving as well. Start to be thankful that God is with you and wants you whole. Let what you think and say come in line with what the scriptures say about your situation. Don’t pray the problem, pray the answer. Life and death are truly in how you think and how you talk continually. ( Prov 18:21) In Proverbs 6:2 (NKJV) -2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth. Remember God is no respecter of person and what he did for this woman he can do for you. He loves you just like He loved her. Her faith in Jesus connected her to the healing virtue that flowed from Him. It is still available today in the power of the Holy Spirit. Your situation is not hopeless for He is the God of hope.
P.S. Find a good Church that preaches and teaches healing if you don’t have one. A group of believers that will stand in faith with and support you. Amen.
In Christ’s love;
Brent and Linda Bushen
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