For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. (Matthew 9:21, KJV)
To everything in life there is a price to pay. Like my father in the Lord, Bishop David Oyedepo, would say; there is no free lunch in life. And it is true, because that which you got for free was paid for by someone somewhere. The woman with the issue of blood had a challenge and needed the Masters intervention, so defiled all odds because is was the Jewish custom that a menstruating woman was not allowed amongst men, but she defiled it to get help. As they say, desperate times requires desperate measures, that is why if you seek God casually, you get a casual result, but if you seek Him with expectations you get expected results.
She mapped out 6 strategies with which to get her desired result and they are:
1. Set goals: She set a goal to touch the Master.
2. Work with your goal: They called her the smelling woman and instead of giving up she saw more reasons to press on.
3. Avoid excuses: Instead of saying she’s smelling and can not go out, used the smell as a reason to go out.
4. Motivation: She was motivated because she has heard how others got their healing from the Master and needed hers too.
5. Hard work: Though there was a huge crowd, she still pressed on, defiling all odds.
6. Avoid shortcuts: She refused to take a shortcut, she would rather run after the Master than wait for a “convenient time” as it were.
In summary, discipline was her watch word. She was disciplined and diligent. God has done all He has to do for you to succeed, another Jesus will not come and die so you can get your heart desires. It is now your turn to press on in expectation, using the 6 strategies enumerated above, and as you do, you shall get your desired settlement in Jesus Name!
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