And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
Mark 5:34 (NKJV)
Yesterday we began a new series of devotionals about stubborn faith, and today I’d like to share an example that teaches us about one aspect of this faith that produces the miraculous.
In Mark 5, we find the account of the woman who came to Jesus for healing from continual bleeding. What I want you to notice is that the Bible says she pushed her way through a large crowd on her way to Jesus.
Why is this important? There will be times in your life you will have to push through when you want to quit, whether that’s in school, in your career, in your relationships or in taking back your health.
Whenever you feel as if things are falling apart, that’s the time to push through—past doubt, pain, tiredness or a negative diagnosis. Then hold tight to the faith-building, life-giving promises of God’s Word, which is how you bring the experience of those promises into your life.
There will be times when you need to push through to the promises of God. To build stubborn faith, you’ll need to get tenacious about reading and meditating upon God’s promises in the Bible, about listening to messages that teach you about what is yours in Christ, and about getting out to church even when you don’t feel like it.
Stubborn faith involves pushing through whatever you’re facing to the promises of God’s Word. It’s through the power of His Word— it’s power to renew your mind—that you’ll begin to walk in the miraculous!