Mark 5:28 – Part 1: Different Ways of Worshipping

For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.”

For she said… The word for used here carries on from the previous verse. It will explain to us something, in this case, the particular action of touching His garment. So the reason she touched Jesus’ garment is because she said if only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.

This is an important point. Don’t miss it!

It sounds really simple, but do you remember earlier where we looked at how your mouth indicates what level of faith is in your heart. Here we see exactly what the woman is believing, because of what she said. That faith caused her to do something. Her action was driven by her faith. Her faith caused her to press in and go beyond everyone else in the crowd.

Maybe no-one else thought about sneaking up behind Jesus. I am sure that everyone wanted to be around the front. This meant it may have been slightly easier to get behind Him. Still, her faith caused her to do something that no-one else had done (with the exception of Jairus). No-one else may have thought of approaching Jesus in the same way. But so what? She got there!

People worship in different ways to me. I may want to be a little more direct when it comes to entering into the presence of God. Others may be a little different; they may come up “from behind” as it were. It really doesn’t matter. I am always amazed how people want to mock the way other Christians worship just because they are different to them. So what? What does it matter? Their faith takes them a different route to you, but they still get there. Their faith still gets them in the presence of God, and if you watch them closely, it won’t be too long before you’ll see a miracle!