God has been dealing with me of late about the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25, Lev. 15:19 & Matt 14:34-36). I used these scriptures to start looking at her issues.

God has been dealing with me of late about the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25, Lev. 15:19 & Matt 14:34-36). I used these scriptures to start looking at her issues. God was showing me that this story illustrates the modern church. The wounded women are people in the church who believe in God but are not delivered from pain and hurt in their lives. They want to serve and be whole, but just don't know how to get free. In this passage, the bible talks about doctors who tried or promised repeatedly to heal this woman but had no power to help her. Instead she ended up spending all that she had trying to find a true balm for her ailments.

This is what seems to happen in our churches today. Believers are going from church to church looking to leadership for a true connection to God. They need someone who can get a prayer through so they can find peace in their spirit and healing in their bodies. They are like birds struggling to fly with a broken wing yet, trying to function in a dysfunctional state. The problem lies in that there is an obvious wound that needs to heal in order for them to soar. The disciples were operating in the traditions of church law in regard to this woman. Even though they were supposed to see her need and show compassion, they instead chose to cling to the rules that she was considered unclean. Their desire was for Jesus to just dismiss her, write her off and send her on her way. They felt Jesus had more important things to do and she didn't qualify in their minds as one with a legitimate need. This is what many churches engage in every week. People who are homeless, former inmates, prostitutes, drug dealers and drug addicts EMBARRASS many self righteous believers! They want ministry but don't want to deal with people who have desperate needs in their lives. They say they want to fight as soldiers in the army of the Lord but don't want to get dirty in the trenches. Real ministry means you have to get your hands dirty in order to pull someone out of the pit that is very real in their lives.

Thank God for GRACE! This woman is an icon for the church and the ministries that God wants to deliver from despair, abuse, oppression, fear and anything else that holds them back from living victoriously. I feel God is grieved because this is the face of modern day churches. We don't seek God anymore with passion or consistency; therefore leaders are becoming weak and ineffective. There isn't enough fasting or prayer on a consistent basis so in effect; the church has learned to tie God's hands. He can't show up to heal if the atmosphere isn't right, He can't move if there is no true worship. God didn't fail us but it is we who have lost our faith. This is why there are so many people that are walking wounded spirits. The disciples wanted to dismiss her, but Jesus saw her heart and her desire to be free. The compassion of the Lord didn't fail this woman which compelled Him to stop and bless her on His journey.

God is saying we need to stop and examine ourselves. We need to see if we qualify to minister to His people. We need to take a minute and see if someone else has a need that is pressing because it's not about you but whatever God wants to do in and through you. We all have issues. We all need help to get healed. We can't heal ourselves. We need the ministry of intercession back in the church for healing. We need the ministry of the prophet back in the church for restoration. We need correction back in the church to have order. We need the wisdom of church mothers, mentors and missionaries back in the church to provide direction.

The woman with the issue of blood was unable to heal. Her blood didn't clot properly so that she could put her painful past behind her. The bleeding was a constant reminder that her issue was not yet resolved. Her issue was painful and impacted her present life. It also threatened her future as she grew weaker from the blood loss with each passing day.

Blood is binding and represents covenant. This is why Christ's shed blood is so precious because in its' shed state it offered us a covenant with Him. Blood has iron in it. When detectives apply Luminol to blood at a crime scene, it bonds with the iron component and it glows or illuminates. The blood of Christ once applied to our lives, our past and our hurt is illuminated. It is then He completely heals, makes us whole and ready to do ministry work. He makes sure by using His own brand of Luminol that there is no residue of the past. No residue of sin or pain. It's been washed away forever and our slate cleansed.

Be encouraged child of the most high God~!