Jesus: Healing with Resurrection Power
Mark 5:21-43, NRSV
Psalm 131, NRSV
Reflections
Just as Jesus wasn’t coming to be a one-man liberation movement in the traditional revolutionary sense, so he wasn’t coming to be a one-man emergency medical centre. He was indeed starting a revolution, and he was indeed bringing God’s healing power, but his aim went deeper; these things were signs of the real revolution, the real healing, that God was to accomplish through his death and resurrection. Signposts are important, but they aren’t the destination.
— N.T. Wright,
Mark for Everyone
- Jesus’ timing is not your timing
- It always feels slow
- It seems God doesn’t care
- Jesus’ agenda is not your agenda
- When He asked “who touch me,” He is to recognize the woman, who is not well-regarded
- Jesus’ tenderness is what makes people trust Him
