What do we do with Jesus? Is He someone to ignore and hide from, or use for our own personal gain? Or is He the Present, Powerful, Preeminent Saviour who gets involved in our lives, often interrupting and intervening to show us He is more than we expect Him to be.

This week’s passage is two healing events (the woman with the blood discharge and Jairus’ daughter) sandwiched together for the purpose of heightened anticipation. Jesus’ healing of the woman with a blood disease anticipates the greater healing of raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead. Jesus shows He is not only a healer over disease, but over death as well. Could it be, then, that Jesus is also able to be healer over sin?