FAITH CAPSULE: In life, seek God in a route that avoids agents of denials.
Luke 7:36-39, 8:41-48
Bible identified a prominent sinner woman in the city.
Luke 7:37-38 records, “And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.”
The prominent woman, a sinner, knew what to do to get what she desired of the Lord.
The woman sinner of the city approached Jesus at His feet from His behind.
The woman sinner took the back route to avoid the multitude, not to deny her desire to gain the attention of Jesus.
If the woman, a sinner, had attempted to step in the front, she probably would have been denied by the multitude that was before Jesus.
Coming out of the worst way might demand avoiding the multitude.
What is the challenging need for your life that demands to avoid hindrances of life?
Multitude could have been a hindrance for the sinner woman in the city.
The woman sinner wanted to reach out to Jesus to be touched.
She expected manifestation.
The woman wanted to move forward in her life.
Taking a move that is not common is a way to receive an uncommon testimony.
Remain focused on God and will deny the multitude.
A sinner woman went from behind, at the feet of Jesus.
Just like the woman with the alabaster oil (the sinner woman of the city), the woman with the issue of blood also made an uncommon route to receive her miracle from Jesus.
The Bible records, “Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.” (Luke 8:43-44)
The disease of twelve years also took a back route to approach Jesus. The woman with the issue of blood reached Jesus from behind.
The woman with the issue of blood, the woman (sinner woman of the city) with the alabaster oil, took a route not to be denied but to reach Jesus.
They both came from behind to approach Jesus, a route where there was no means for the multitude to distract to gain the attention of Jesus.
Taking a route not to be a victim of distraction is a move purposeful to achieve the purpose and be fulfilled.
Engaging a route that will deny distraction, to approach shall provoke testimony to the glory of God.
In every area of need, seek God in a route that avoids multitude and not live a life of waste.
Prayer for today: Ask God to take charge of your ways.