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If you’re saying to yourself, This is not where I want to be, then God can direct you into a new way so you can see your desire happen. All He needs is your cooperation. Once He has that, He will empower you to see that goal met. Being willing to change and follow His direction is what will set the path for you.
Get what you’re after! That goal you have in your heart can be yours. You don’t have to live with thinking this is not where you want to be. You can come out of that and into where you want to be and who you want to be.
This is what a woman in the Bible decided she was going to do. She wanted the kind of health that God designed for her body. She was fed up with an issue she had been dealing with for twelve years. She was saying to herself, This is not where I want to be. The Gospels record her story of how she talked to herself about how she was going to be well and whole.
She had been experiencing unusual bleeding, and it was all the time. So you can imagine how weak this woman felt in her body. You know how it is when you feel drained in your body; it affects your mind and emotions. It’s real hard to keep going when problems or pain are draining you. But once you make a decision that you’re going to get what you’re after, God will help you make that goal if you cooperate with Him.
For this woman, the Spirit moved on her to make a change in how she was pursuing her health. She had been to many doctors who did not have the answers. It had drained her of all her finances. What could she do now? So God’s Spirit put it in her heart to seek out Jesus.
She had heard of His miracles and knew she could be healed also. So she decided to cooperate with the change in the plan. This woman got herself up, got ready, and took the journey to find Jesus. When she got there, He was surrounded by a crowd who came either to receive a miracle or watch the miracles.
But she had told herself, If I can touch His garments, I will be whole. She had her goal in front of her. Even though the crowd of people was preventing her from getting near, she wouldn’t accept the answer no. The Bible describes how she came in and pressed in behind Jesus and she reached out and touched His garments.
She did it! She had cooperated with the change in pursuing her health. She had done her part. Now it was God’s turn. So as soon as she touched Jesus, the Bible says He recognized that power had come out of Him. He stopped to see who had pulled on His power.
When she stepped forward and revealed that it was she, Jesus said words of confirmation to her. He said, Daughter, because you dared to believe, your faith has healed you. Go with peace in your heart, and be free from your suffering (Mark 5:34 TPT).
I can imagine her saying, “Okay, Jesus! I am free from my suffering! I put my faith out there and You took it in Your hands and made me whole. Things are not going to be the way they were. I’m not going to be known as the woman who went around bleeding all the time. The woman who was weak and had spent all her money. I’m now going to be known as the woman who got what she was after. Healthy. Prosperous and whole.” She had set a goal. Cooperated with the path God gave her to get it met. Now it WAS. She went away happy and whole.
That’s how God wants you to be known as. The person who got what you were after. Happy and whole in your body and emotions and mind. You are known as the one who is trained or in a better job or living in improved housing conditions. You’re the person who got what you were after in finances to take care of your family. You’re the one who conquered a bad habit or depression.
When you cooperate with what God wants to do, that’s where He’ll take you. You can see your goals met. Have a smile on your face and praise in your heart when you see what He can do for you. When you come to Him and you cooperate with His direction, that’s faith. It takes faith to do it. And that’s what Jesus said healed that woman. Her faith.
So believe in your heart that you’re going to see your goal met by the power flowing out of Jesus. Change is coming!
A Spiritual Powerline to say out loud:
“I GET WHAT I'M AFTER!”
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