Touched


Jos 3:15  When the priests got to the Jordan and their feet touched the water at 

	the edge (the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest), 

Jos 3:16  the flow of water stopped. It piled up in a heap--a long way off--at 

	Adam, which is near Zarethan. The river went dry all the way down to the 

	Arabah Sea (the Salt Sea). And the people crossed, facing Jericho. 



	Some things will never change until they are touched. The river here in 

Joshua 3 just kept flowing as an obstruction until it was touched by holy feet. 

Samson's strength never left till a razor touched his head. (Judges 16) A man 

was being buried for dead until, touched by the dead bones of Elisha, he came 

back to life. (2Kings 13) As a man's lips were touched by a coal from the altar 

all guilt and sin were removed. (Isaiah 6) A mouth that was empty of words to 

speak was filled with inspired words of the Spirit when touched by God. (Jer 1) 

Countless times lives bound by sickness and disease were restored to complete 

health when touched by the hand of Jesus. Healing virtue faithfully came from 

Jesus to heal the sick whenever His garment was touched by those in need and in 

faith. Touched by just the passing shadow of Peter many that would have 

otherwise remained in sickness were totally healed. (Acts5:15)

	There is indeed an entrance into another realm of possibilities whenever 

one is touched by something that is full of the power of God. A change comes 

that could never have happened without it. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there 

is liberty, (2 Cor 3:17) and whenever there is a touching of this liberty to 

bondage, there is a removal of any binding chains and an entrance into complete 

freedom. It is interesting, though, that it isn't enough for some to just be 

accidentally touched by the power of God, there must be a receptive and 

believing condition in the heart of the one touched. The woman with the issue of 

blood in Mark 5 was singled out from the crowd of people touching Jesus. Her 

desire to seek Him with a purpose of discovering His power in her life caused 

her contact to stand out from the rest. In most of the scriptures that refer to 

the healing effect on those touched by the presence of God, there was a seeking 

heart in the one who received. This wasn't a heart of skepticism or doubt, but 

one that had simply been driven by a belief that if only contact could be made, 

healing would come. 
	


2Ch 33:13  As he prayed, GOD was touched; GOD listened and brought him back to 

	Jerusalem as king. That convinced Manasseh that GOD was in control. 



	As we are moved beyond complacency to an action that takes us towards the 

presence and power of God, there is sure to be contact made and change 

implemented. As we seek His kingdom with all our heart, everything we need will 

be added to us. (Mat. 6:33) And, when we seek Him beyond our needs, there is an 

overflowing element of His glory that will spill out onto all those around us. A 

change will also come to their condition as they are touched by our hand or even 

passing shadow. This is our possibility; this is our potential in the life 

that's ours in Christ. Living beyond the confines of a sin dominated life, we 

can, by praying in an attitude of worship, actually make contact with the very 

heart of God and discover this reality in bodies that are free and that bring 

liberty to the oppressed. 



	A seeking heart will find its place

	In liberty and freedom 

	From walls well formed

	To confine and bind,

	Constraining any movement


	This place to go 

	This place to be

	And where I'll be abiding

	Will be the place where healing flows	

	His touch my ever knowing

	

4/30/04