A look of faith

To look at Jesus is to look at everything because in Him we find all that our life needs, we must look at Him, regardless of the circumstance in which we find ourselves. God is with us.

Reading the Bible we will meet several people who were sick, many suffered from leprosy, blindness, deafness, among other evils. In this case we can talk about the story of a woman who suffered from blood flow.

This woman lasted 12 years suffering from this disease that left her with nothing, because she spent everything she had to be cured but never was, only managed to lose everything. The Bible says that this woman heard that the Master was passing by where she was, she looked for the form of how to approach Jesus. This woman managed to get where Jesus was and when she was close to Him, she touched His mantle, immediately the Master felt that power came out of Him and He said “someone touched me”. The woman confessed that it was she who touched Him and the Master answered: Woman your faith has healed you (Luke 8:43-48)

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Hebrews 11:6

Every day we must have faith as this book of the Hebrews says, that without faith it is impossible to please God, let us not doubt, we believe that there is an Almighty God. To have faith that everything we believe will be possible, just like this woman who had faith and was healed of this great disease.

Like this woman, others were healed, some of the sight, others who were lame, others were healed of a tumor, leprosy, among other miracles that Jesus did in His wake. Do you think that these people were not happy about those great miracles?

It is good that each day we ask the Lord to help us increase our faith, so let’s not doubt, believe in the Lord.

Faith not only moves mountains, but it also sustains the weary heart in the midst of the hardest storms. Many times we find ourselves facing situations that seem impossible to solve, and just like the woman with the issue of blood, we may feel that our strength is gone and our resources exhausted. Yet, the beauty of this biblical account is that her miracle did not depend on her strength, but on her determination to draw near to Jesus. She did not have great influence, money, or position—she only had faith. And that faith, though seemingly small, opened the doors of heaven and brought healing to her life. This teaches us that no matter how fragile or broken we may feel, God honors the heart that seeks Him earnestly.

When we look at Christ, we discover that He is more than capable of restoring what life has damaged. He is not indifferent to our afflictions; His eyes see every tear, and His ears hear every silent prayer that escapes from the depths of the soul. The same Jesus who stopped in the crowd to notice a suffering woman is the same Jesus who today stops to look at you. He is never too busy, never too distant, never too far from the one who calls upon Him with sincerity. This should fill us with confidence, because if God helped so many throughout Scripture—men, women, children, the sick, the anguished—He will also help us in due time. His compassion has not diminished; His power has not weakened.

Let us then develop a faith that seeks Jesus above all things, a faith that perseveres and does not give up. Faith grows when we feed it with the Word, when we meditate on God’s promises, and when we remember the wonders He has already done. The more we know God, the easier it becomes to trust Him. And just as the woman with the issue of blood was restored after twelve long years, so too can God bring restoration to areas of our lives that seem hopeless. Let us cling to Christ with determination, believing firmly that He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. May our faith rise each day, and may our hearts continually look to the One who heals, restores, and transforms.