...after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. For she thought, "If I just touch His garments I will get well." (Mark 5:27-28)
Interruptions can be so distracting. When we are intensely focused on what we have planned to do it can be easy to resent the ones who break into our agenda. The disciples were notorious for that. It seems they often tried to "manage" the agenda of Jesus. Perhaps they perceived themselves to be like the call screeners or personal assistants of the chief executives of our day. It seems you often have to "know somebody who knows somebody" to get to the one you need to get to. Not so with God. When the woman heard about Jesus...when she heard about the Word of God...she received something infinitely valuable. She received faith when she believed what she heard about Jesus and endeavored to act upon it. Faith, when rightly practiced, can even interrupt God's agenda. And faith is activated when God interrupts ours. Faith moved this woman to cancel her plans to allow for her to encounter the Lord. Faith gives us a confidence to see a different outcome. Faith gives us confidence to approach God. Faithful interruptions are all in this narrative. Jesus was interrupted by Jairus, who saw Him and fell at His feet. His daughter was deathly sick. As Jesus interrupted His day to deal with this dilemma, setting out on the journey to the home of Jairus, the woman interrupted His agenda while expressing her faith. And her dreadful disease was immediately interrupted. God invites us to radically practice our faith...allowing the Lord to interrupt our plan and receive His mercy. We can trust Jesus, who came to destroy the works of the devil. Faith is an immediate interruption to spiritual agendas.
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