Peace with God

This week, I’m preparing a message on Mark 5, so as I read this passage, I couldn’t help but think of the woman Jesus healed in Mark 5:25-34.

She had been suffering from a bleeding for 12 years. It was a problem that made her an outcast in society and unable to go to the synagogue or temple to worship God.

But when she reached out to Jesus in faith, she was healed. And Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.” (Mark 5:34)

By her faith, she was justified in God’s sight, gaining both peace with him and access to him.

And as she would look back on her afflictions, she found hope, because God poured his love into her heart.

Her life is a picture of our ours. We were cut off from God, but now through faith we have peace with God, and we stand before him by grace as his sons and daughters.

Once we stood in shame, having fallen short of the glory of God, separated from him by our sin. (Romans 3:23).

Now by his grace, let us boast in the hope of the glory of God, drawing near to him and rejoicing in his presence as his beloved children. (Romans 5:2)