
Our spiritual topic this morning is entitled: “Our Special Zone”, and this morning’s verse is Hebrews 4:15.
This morning’s verse coming out of the Amplified Bible reads this way:
(15) For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.
Beloved, we don’t have a high priest who’s unable to sympathize (identify) with our weaknesses.
There was an industrial design graduate from a Singapore university who was challenged to come up with an innovative solution to a common problem using only ordinary objects. She created a vest to protect one’s personal space from being invaded while traveling on crowded public trains and buses. The vest was lime green and covered with long, flexible plastic spikes normally used to keep birds and cats away from plants.
Jesus knew what it was like to lose His personal space in the disorder of crowds desperate to see and touch Him. In Luke 8:43-44 was a woman who had suffered from constant bleeding for 12 years and could find no cure but after touching the fringe of Jesus’ robe immediately, her bleeding stopped.
In verse 45 Jesus asked: “Who touched me?” This isn’t as strange as it sounds. Verse 46 tells us Jesus felt power come out of Him. Beloved, that touch was different from those who simply pass by and brush him or accidentally touch Him.
While we must admit that we do sometimes wish to keep our special zone and privacy, the only way we help a world of hurting people is to let them get close enough to be touched by the encouragement, comfort, and grace of Christ in us.
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, I want to be near You and know You so that when I’m in contact with others they can see You through me. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray, Amen and Amen.
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