The Hem of His garment

 

Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress

Mt 8:6

The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (Washington, DC: National Council of Churches of Christ, 1993)

We, in this age of the church, are in the position of that sick servant at Capernaum. To the eye of sense we are separated from the Saviour. We see Him not—we can touch Him not—the hand cannot steal amid the crowd to catch His garment hem—we cannot hear His loved footsteps as of old on our threshold; but faith penetrates the invisible; the messenger—prayer—meets Him in the streets of the New Jerusalem; and faith and prayer together, the twin delegates from His church below, He has never yet sent empty away.

                                                                    Macduff

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997)

We are in the position of living in an age where we, unlike the time when Christ physically walked the earth, are unable to "touch the hem of His garment". We are asked to believe something we cannot see, touch, taste or smell. Impossible you say! It is the reason many, both young and old, have fallen away from the Christian way and are following the way of the world. Unfortunately, it is a path to nowhere, where death is at the end of the road. The good news is that Christ is still among us and we can still touch the hem of His garment and be healed. The physical Christ now is the spiritual Christ, always present, never far from us. The grace of His presence is ever present and available. All it takes is to ask in His name. It is how we touch the hem of His garment. His spirit, the Father's spirit, The Holy Ghost is aways with us. Taste and see that His promises are always kept. He is always with us in ways that are miraculous and real. Belief will open your spiritual eyes to His presence. Talk to Him, confide in Him. Touch the hem of His garment.

May Christ Bless and keep you safe. 

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