(J.R. Miller, "Miller's Year Book--a Year's Daily Readings")
JESUS asked." Luke 8:45
The people were crowding against
JESUS and many people touched
HIM; but there was one touch
different from the others.
There was a heart's cry in it--
a pleading, a piteous supplication.
It was a touch of faith, inspired
by a deep sense of need.
It was not an accidental touch,
a mere touch of nearness;
it was intentional.
This incident illustrates what is going
on all the time, around CHRIST.
We cannot move without pressing
up against HIM. Sometimes in our
heedlessness, we jostle HIM rudely.
But when among all earth's millions,
one person intentionally reaches out
a hand to feel after CHRIST, to touch
HIM with a purpose, to seek for some
blessing, to crave some help--
JESUS instantly knows the pressure
of that touch, and turns to answer it.
HE knows when any heart wants HIM--
no matter how obscure the person, how
poor, how hidden away in the crowd.
Blessing came that day to none
in that crowd, so far as we know--
except to this poor, sick woman,
who touched CHRIST'S clothes.
It came to her, because she had
a burden on her heart--
and sought CHRIST'S help.
Just so, in every company
there are some who are close
to JESUS, and yet receive no
blessing, because there is no faith
in their touching. Then there
are those who are no nearer--
but who reach out their hands in faith,
and touch CHRIST'S clothes--
and go away helped, comforted.
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