HE TOUCHED ME
03rd Mar 2021
We were have a Zoom chat with friends and asking what was the thing we missed most with this latest lockdown. We all agreed that we were looking forward to hugging our family, friends and especially our grandkids!
Touch is such an important part of life and we will be very relieved when we are able to return to normal. However, the touch of Jesus is still available, He has not been restricted by “social distancing”.
Kathryn Kulhman, who had the most profound healing ministry, had a favourite song which was sung at all her meetings, “He touched me, He touched me, and oh the joy that filled my soul, something happened and now I know, He touched me and made me whole.”
The leper came to Jesus with the statement, “If you are willing you can make me clean.” Mark 1:41 continues, “Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean.” It was forbidden to touch a leper, because the disease was so contagious. The crowds must have been shocked. Jesus did not receive leprosy, the man receive healing.
We see Jesus touching Peter’s mother in law and immediately she got up and served a meal to Jesus and the disciples. Jesus took Jarius’ daughter by the hand and life was restored to the child who had died. Jesus was constantly using touch to heal, encourage and transform all He met.
The beloved disciples John, who often leaned on Jesus, says in his letter, “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”
I believe in these strange times that we are living through we can experience the touch of the Father and the knowledge that we are not in isolation. Jesus said, “I’m not alone, for my Father is with me.” and his parting words in Matthew 28:20 are, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
I love this old hymn, “Thy touch has still its ancient power, No word from Thee can fruitless fall; Hear in this solemn evening hour, And in Thy mercy heal us all.”
by Charles Sibthorpe
