Holy Spirit of Jesus, help me simply be healed and arise at the behest of Christ…

 
Mark 5:21-43

When Jesus raised the daughter of Jarius the Roman ruler who believed in Jesus of Nazareth, he did not say “Little girl, your parents need you so get up.” Nor did he require that her parents say a special prayer first or repeat his words. Instead we see this event of healing unfold in three simple steps. First, the girl’s father sought out Jesus and then prayed the Master to “come, and lay your hands upon her, so that she may be made well, and live”. Once he had the Master’s attention, Jarius accompanied Jesus as he made his way to the man’s house, urging him to hold onto his faith when naysayers met him to report that his daughter was dead. Finally Jarius walked with the Healer and Saviour of human kind into his home and to his daughter’s bedside accompanied by her mother to witness the healing of their 12 year old girl. Jesus simply touched their daughter’s hand and gently called her to arise from death – and she did and began walking around. So often I get in the way of the healing of myself or my loved ones by doing the exact opposite of what Jarius did.  I first talk to other people woefully about the illness – the dis-ease -  I am witnessing, and then cast around, researching a variety of other solutions. It is usually only when I have exhausted other possibilities that I turn to the Lord, and ask him for help, wondering what He might do this time. This is not the way of faith! Going forward, in the face of pain, injury, or disease will I ‘forget’ that Jesus is the Great Physician and turn first to the web and the folk solutions that this world has to offer? Or will I, like Jarius, prayerfully seek out Jesus to ask for his help, and then walk by faith with him, certain of Who He is, despite the naysayers and others running interference, as he comes into my experience and touches the place or person in my life that needs healing – and raises them up? Holy Spirit of God, help me (my loved one) simply be healed and arise at the behest of Jesus. 
 
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer, listen to my cry of supplication. In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me. (Psalm 86: 6,7)
 
God is so great. There is such a difference between God and everything that is not.
St. Charles de Foucauld
 
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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