Change the Course of Your Life

Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years…. When she heard about Jesus… -Mark 5:25,27

The woman with the issue of blood had been sick for a very long time. She’d seen every doctor in the country and spent everything she had trying to get better. She desired healing with all her heart, but nothing had helped, she’d only grown worse.

What was the first step this woman took that totally changed her condition? What did she do that set her on a new course toward healing? Mark 5:27 gives us the answer. “When she had heard…”

Nothing happened in this woman’s life until she heard. That may sound like a small thing, but hearing is the biggest factor in changing the course of a person’s life. All through the Bible, we find a direct correlation between hearing and healing.

What did she hear? “When she had heard of Jesus…” In John 1:1, Jesus is called the Word. So when the Bible says, “She had heard of Jesus,” it could just as well say, “She heard the Word.” Psalm 107:20 says, “He sent his word, and healed them…”

Jesus doesn’t dwell among us today in the flesh, but we still have the written Word. As we set ourselves to continually hear the Word, our faith will grow. That’s the first step to changing the course of our lives!

CONFESSION:

Jesus, the Word made flesh, was sent to heal me. The power in God’s written Word heals me as I hear it, believe it and act upon it in faith.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999