Lord Over Disease And Death - The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional
Lord over Disease and Death
Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Mark 5:29
When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, a large crowd was waiting. In the crowd was a woman who had suffered from a chronic and disabling illness. She had spent all she had consulting numerous doctors, but in spite of their efforts, her condition was no better; it was even worse. She was suffering from an incurable disease.
This woman had heard about Jesus and joined the crowd that was following him. In her condition, she would not have been able to move quickly, but crowds move slowly, so she managed to push her way forward until she was just behind Jesus.
She thought if she could just reach him, she’d be healed. Then she touched him, and immediately she was aware of a physiological change: “The bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition” (Mark 5:29). If Jesus can cure diseases that are beyond the frontiers of medical science, what about cancer or AIDS? If he is Lord over disease, he can deliver us from its destructive power.
A man named Jairus asked Jesus to heal his sick daughter. But before Jesus could get to her, “messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, ‘Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.’ But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid. Just have faith.’” (Mark 5:35-36). The time Jesus had spent healing the woman had delayed his arrival, so that by the time Jesus came to the house, the wake had already begun.
Jesus sent the mourners away, and while the parents of the dead girl watched, he took her hands and said, “‘Talitha koum,’ which means ‘Little girl, get up!’ And the girl, who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around!” (Mark 5:41-42).
If Jesus can deliver her from death, then what about you and me? If Jesus is Lord over death, he can deliver us from its deadly power.
For further reading, see Mark 5
