Touching What’s Connected: A Revelation from Mark 5
I’ve read the story of the woman with the issue of blood countless times. I’ve studied it, and meditated on it. But recently, the Lord opened my eyes to something so profound, I had to sit still and praise Him. This isn’t just about her this is about us. About you. About me. What she experienced in her body is a mirror to what many of us are dealing with in the spirit.
Twelve Years of Pain, One Moment of Power
In Mark chapter 5, we meet a woman who had been hemorrhaging for twelve long years.
"And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse"
Mark 5:25–26 (KJV)
Twelve years. That’s 4,380 days of physical agony, emotional shame, and financial ruin. She gave her money, her trust, her energy searching for healing, only to be left worse than before. Isn’t that the same trap we fall into? We give our time, trust, and treasure to the world, expecting it to heal wounds only God can reach.
The Desperate Reach of Faith
"When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole."
Mark 5:27–28 (KJV)
She didn’t need to touch His face or His hands. She knew the hem of His garment held more power than all the world's doctors combined. This wasn’t superstition; this was supernatural faith. She was unclean by Levitical law (see Leviticus 15:25–27), and she shouldn’t have been near the crowd, much less touching a holy man. But her desperation pushed her to break social, religious, and physical barriers to reach for healing.
“Who Touched My Clothes?”
"And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said,
Who touched my clothes?"
Mark 5:30 (KJV)
This is where many miss the depth of the story. Jesus didn’t ask, “Who touched me?” He asked, “Who touched my clothes?” He wasn’t ignorant. He was inviting revelation. Her hand never touched His flesh, but she touched what was connected to Him and that was enough.
This is a word for the broken. Maybe you feel like you’re too far from God, too ashamed to enter His presence. But if you can just touch what is connected to Him His Word, His people, His Spirit, virtue will still flow.
Proximity Through Connection
The woman believed she was too defiled to touch Him directly, so she reached for the next best thing. And even that was enough for Jesus to stop everything.
"And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace,
and be whole of thy plague."
Mark 5:34 (KJV)
He called her “daughter.” The only time in Scripture Jesus uses that term. Her faith didn’t just heal her it restored her identity.
This Message is About You
You may be spending your emotional currency on people who keep leaving you empty. You may feel like your condition spiritual, emotional, mental is beyond repair. But the Lord is still near. He still calls you “daughter.” He still calls you “son.” And He still releases virtue to those who reach out in faith.
Even if you feel too weak to reach Him directly, God has placed people, teachings, and communities in your life that are connected to Him. And when something is truly connected to the body of Christ, what touches them will touch Him.
Modern Parallels: A Repeating Pattern of Desperation
Look at today’s world. People are hemorrhaging in every way emotionally, morally, spiritually. They spend all they have on politics, philosophies, therapists, and temporary fixes, yet things keep getting worse. We are watching a global demonstration of Mark 5 unfold in real time. We need healing, but only God can provide it. He alone offers peace, wholeness, and restoration.
Repentance: Return and Reach
If you’ve been chasing solutions outside of Christ, return today. Reach again. Even if it’s just the hem, it’s enough.
"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
Isaiah 55:6–7 (KJV)
The Gospel Message: Salvation Is Within Reach
All have sinned.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23 (KJV)
Sin brings death.
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 6:23 (KJV)
Jesus paid the price.
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8 (KJV)
Confess and believe.
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Romans 10:9 (KJV)
Conclusion: It’s Not Too Late
Maybe your healing isn’t coming through the people or paths you once trusted. Maybe the answers aren't in what you can buy or who you can impress. Maybe, just maybe, this story is God’s way of showing you: It’s time to reach out again. You don’t need to touch everything you just need to touch what’s connected to Him. And when you do, He will feel your reach. He will stop. And He will call you His own.
You are never too far gone to be found. Reach. Believe. Be healed.
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