FAITH CAPSULE: Give yourself to the task, not just your title.

Mark 5

Mark 5:22-23 records, “…Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and appealed to Him earnestly, saying, ‘My daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live.’”  
A synagogue is a Jewish place of worship. 
Synagogue services are of reciting the Shema (Shema is the confession of faith in Judaism) 
Praying, scripture readings from the Old Testament, giving sermons, and benediction are the patterns of synagogue worship. 
Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue, put aside his religious title that could have built an empty pride in him. 
The title of Jairus did not measure to the task at hand as he went to meet with the only King of kings and the Lord of lords. 
Is there a religious title between you and seeing where miracles are? Jairus needed to have his daughter delivered from the point of death when he dismissed his title, going for Jesus to give him attention. 
In the attempt of Jairus to get the attention of Jesus for his breakthrough miracle, he engaged in three things: 
First, he put aside his religious burden and met Jesus at the right location, the crossing point. 
Your crossing point could be on the ground of fellowship. 
Often, many have missed their crossing point because of the title.
To many, the title takes a position of pride.
Jairus could not allow his title to deny his miracle but approached Jesus for his desire. 
How are you responding to altar calls where there is? 
It does not matter how often you have stepped out in the past, answering the calling to give yourself to God, but know to persist and insist on your expectations from God. 
Secondly, Jairus saw Jesus, and he took a step of faith. 
Jairus’ stepping out caused him to have direct contact with Jesus. 
Jesus knows all things, but the need of Jarius was not strange to Jesus. His stepping out and seeing Jesus was a renunciation of not being a part of the multitude to becoming one who was on purpose and not flowing with the crowd. 
Let Jesus see you in your need and not just in the crowd. 
Finally, Jairus fell at the feet of Jesus, meaning He laid it all unto Jesus. Imagine Jairus begging earnestly for the life of his daughter by saying, “Here I am, a poor religious, have mercy on my dying daughter.” 
While begging at the feet of the Master, he made his request without paying attention to his title and the multitude. 
Watch out, “Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs16:18) 

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from every spirit of pride.