He Sees You

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. – Luke 13:10-13

When I first read this piece of scripture years ago, I was focused on the woman having some kind of physical disability. As I grew more and walked more with God, I realized that there was more to this scripture than physical ailments. He was talking to people like me - anyone who was bent over on the inside. This woman had been crippled by a spirit to me, means that she may not have been physically crippled. Her condition may not have been one you would notice by looking at her. Her crippled condition was said to be spiritual; that means internal – a disability of her mind, soul and spirit that only Jesus could see. She had been in this state for eighteen years. That is a really long time to be bent and broken. Being a woman myself, I am sure that she had done all that she could humanely do. Women are known to be resourceful as well as resilient. She had probably spent all she had on do-it-yourself remedies – all to no avail. But when Jesus saw her, he saw her condition and called out to her. She didn’t move closer or touch Him, He called her out. The minute He touched her, she became whole again.

That’s what we all need – a touch from the Healer. If we are to be truthfully, we are all bowed over on the inside in some way or another. We all have crooked places in our lives we long to have made straight. We all need a touch from the Master Healer. God has all the power in His hands and all the authority to straighten us out and make us whole. Give your life to Jesus Christ today. Accept His Blood; accept His Word and change your life.