We Must Believe in Him
Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Luke 8:48. {LHU 85.1}
On the way to the ruler's house, Jesus had met, in the crowd, a poor woman
who for 12 years had suffered from a disease that made her life a burden.
She had spent all her means upon physicians and remedies, only to be
pronounced incurable. But her hopes revived when she heard of the cures that
Christ performed. She felt assured that if she could only go to Him she
would be healed. . . . She had begun to despair, when, in making His way
through the multitude, He came near where she was.
The golden opportunity had come. She was in the presence of the Great
Physician! But amid the confusion she could not speak to Him, nor catch more
than a passing glimpse of His figure. Fearful of losing her one chance of
relief, she pressed forward, saying to herself, "If I may but touch his
clothes, I shall be whole." As He was passing, she reached forward, and
succeeded in barely touching the border of His garment. But in that moment
she knew that she was healed. In that one touch was concentrated the faith
of her life, and instantly her pain and feebleness gave place to the vigor
of perfect health. . . .
Suddenly Jesus stopped, and the people halted with Him. He turned, and
looking about asked in a voice distinctly heard above the confusion of the
multitude, "Who touched Me?" . . .
The Saviour could distinguish the touch of faith from the casual contact of
the careless throng. Such trust should not be passed without comment. He
would speak to the humble woman words of comfort that would be to her a
wellspring of joy--words that would be a blessing to His followers to the
close of time. . . .
Jesus insisted on knowing who had touched Him. Finding concealment vain, she
came forward tremblingly, and cast herself at His feet. With grateful tears
she told the story of her suffering, and how she had found relief. Jesus
gently said, "Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole;
go in peace." . . .It was not through the outward contact with Him, but
through the faith which took hold on His divine power, that the cure was
wrought. . . .
It is not enough to believe about Christ; we must believe in Him. The only
faith that will benefit us is that which embraces Him as a personal Saviour;
which appropriates His merits to ourselves. Many hold faith as an opinion.
Saving faith is a transaction by which those who receive Christ join
themselves in covenant relation with God. Genuine faith is life. A living
faith means an increase of vigor, a confiding trust, by which the soul
becomes a conquering power (The Desire of Ages, pp. 343, 347).
>From Lift Him Up - Page 85
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