Shoo! Go Away | Dr Daniel Kong

You're listening to a message to go from ax Church. We hope this message

will light up your day. We read from Mark chapter five versus twenty one

to forty two, and some of you may know this story all right,

but if not, it's okay, we'll go through it. Okay. I've

been going through a series uh at the Subang one thirty service, going through

uh, you know, talking about Heaven rules. I've been going through almost

chapter by chapter from from the Book of Daniel. It's pretty interesting and I'm

pretty excited because there's so much I guess evidences of how Heaven rules actually exists

in the Book of Daniel itself. So I encourage you if you haven't gone

through book with Daniel, don't just stop at book six, sorry, chapter

six. Go beyond that as well. There's a lot of gems in there.

But let's come back to this, okay, Mark chapter five versus twenty

one to forty three. And you also see a little bit of a Heaven

rules in here as well. Okay, so far, all right, let's

a good time. Okay, rush okay, Mark twenty one, Okay,

forty three, I'm gonna read everything. Wow, quite Fabiah, God help

him a girl restored to life, a woman healed. That's the title.

Okay. Now, when Jesus has crossed over by boat to the other side,

a great multitude gathered to him. Some people believe, oh, he

says here right, he was by the sea. Some people believes is a

big lake. Lah, but doesn't matter. See your lake is fine and

beyond. One of the rulers of the synagogue, Gyrus by name, and

when he sorry, when he when when he saw him Jesus, that is,

he fell at his feet and begged him, Jesus earnestly, saying,

my little daughter lies at the point of death. Okay. So something to

note here, very quickly, just to take a pause. The girl is

dying, okay, the girl is not dead yet, dying a present tense.

Okay, Come lay your hands on her, that she may be healed

and she will live. And so Jesus went with him, and a great

multitude followed him and thrown him. Okay, So this one is Jesus the

It's not a coplay event, but you know it's something similar. Everybody wants

a glimpse of Jesus because they've heard of this, you know, awesome person.

And the miracles that he can perform. So everybody was just following him.

So this is the background. Now, a certain woman had a flow

of blood okay, or she was bleeding lave for twelve years. It's a

very long time. And she had suffered many things from sorry, suffered many

things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had basically a saving

savings, and was no better, but rather grew worse. Okay. When

she had heard Jesus was in town, she came behind him in the crowd

and touched his garment, for she said, if only I may touch his

clothes, I shall be made well. Immediately, the fountain of her blood

had was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed

of the affliction or some versions will say suffering. Okay. And Jesus,

immediately, knowing in himself that the power has gone out of him, turned

around in the crowd and say, who touched my clothes? We're talking about

Jesus. Everybody's touching your clothes. Law. But he felt that sudden search.

Okay. But his disciples said to him, you see multi multitude tronging

you, and you say who touched me? It's like, hey, it

gonna be ridiculous. La, everybody's touching you. He looked around to see

who had done this. And then eventually the woman, fearing and trembling,

knowing that what has happened, came and fell before him, told him the

whole truth. And he has said to her daughter, your faith has made

you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction. Okay.

While he was speaking, some of them came to the ruler, sorry,

the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said this, Garus Houser, your

daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further? As soon as you

just heard the word he had spoken, and some some versions say that as

soon as he heard this he just ignored, okay, what they said.

He said to the ruler of the synagogue, do not be afraid, only

believe. Don't be afraid, just believe. Isn't that our ex church motto?

Right? Just believe? Okay? And he permitted no one to follow

him except Peter James John, the brother of j and the brother of James,

sorry, Peter John, the brother of James. Then he came to

the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saw the tama or an uproar,

okay, and those who wept and wailed loudly, he came in.

He said to them, why make this commotion and weep? The child is

not dead but sleeping. And he ridiculed him. But he had put them

all outside. He took the father and the mother and the child who was

with was there with them, entered the child, entered where the child was

lying. Then he took the child by the hand and said, the litter

to me, which trys to the little girl, I say to you a

rise. It's like a Star Wars moment for those of you who like Star

Wars arise anyway. Immediately the girl rose and walk for for and she was

twelve years of age, okay, no vis of age. And then overcame

in a great amazement, and he commanded them strictly that no one should know

it, to know it and sit. Something should be given to her to

eat, or basically saying, don't just stand there. The girl is hungry.

She's been in linea for quite some time. Get her a big mat

to eat. Okay, all right, so I know a lot of scripture,

a lot of scripture, and thank you for burying me, because you

know after all. This is church, so we are to not just receive

from the world, but also hear off the world as well. And as

I was preparing this message, my chips friend will notice, I'm very bad

with coming up with titles. Okay, and I thought title number one,

okay, faith heels and and that's a very simplistic title. But as I

was going through this, I actually went through and I caught a lot more

than this. And there's no coincidence why these two straw stories, although they

are very different, they're put in the same passage. Okay, I'll talk

about this in a bit. So I titled this message shoot shoe literally shoot

uh, you know, shoe right, go away shoe okay, And I

explain why this means, and it will quickly go back, go back again

to the last verses of forty and forty one. If you look at this

very carefully, and this is where they say they ridiculate him, and some

versions like the NIV will say they laughed at him. This Jesus are and

who are these people that laughed at him? What do you think? Who

are these people? People that may have some doubt, people that may be

unbelieving, people that you know, perhaps are the faithless, the argumentative kind,

all right, you know, people that sort of light up a room

whenever they step out of the room. They're kind of a people. Okay,

all right, they're kind of people, all right, So basically not

the happy kind of people are and people that sometimes you know, will always

find a problem in every solution that you provide. This is the kind of

people that we're talking about. And what did Jesus do. Jesus said he

had to put them outside. I've highlighted the scripture over there. He had

put them outside. What this simply means is that it literally probably took them

chuck them out, check them out. Okay, Now why is this important?

It's because only then the miracle happened. You notice this. Like I

said, the rest of the scripture, I think we know the story quite

well, but this portion here is actually very important because if you do not

put some of the things that do not belong there, aka the environment,

it's not right. The miracle will not happen here. Okay, Erica so

far, okay, all right, So he physically took him out, took

them out rather Okay. So sometimes we sing, you know, very good

songs Jesus always a good, good God, etc. But Jesus can quite

gangst at times when he needs to be. Okay, and this is exactly

what has happened there. He literally took them out because they were not helping

the situation. Okay, they were not helping the situation, and so Church,

I wanted to just quickly stay here, and I feel the type that

likes you know, the watching YouTube video and then the synopsis is already given

to you at the front. You stopped watching from the first five minutes or

first two minutes. This is exactly it, all right. The atmosphere and

the environment that surrounds it is actually more important than the miracle itself. Sometimes

we focus so much on the miracle we forget that the environment has to be

right for the miracle to happen. Okay, so this is the short summary.

So I'm done here. If you're want to go home, hallelujah,

thank you Jesus. But yeah, let's go a bit deeper, all right,

everyway, okay, so far, so everybody say shoo, go away.

These are the things that people unbelief, things that are not right,

things that need to be cast out. You need to do that before you

can see breakthroughe now background background to this story. These two stories, they're

very different if you think about it, right. One is the one is

of gyros a rather you know, influential person. And then of course this

other lady is maybe less popular. Okay, but they are actually connected.

And this is a reason why the author has chosen to put these two characters.

Just like how you know, we have to watch movies. Are you

always wonder how come this movie startsuff like this and then suddenly cross path with

this person and then why why are they intertwined? But the fact is that

all our lives, right, regardless of whether you like it or not,

our lives are actually intertwined. Okay. What I mean by that is sometimes

you may get so caught up with the things that we're going through we forget

that actually there's a lot of similarities in what we're going through. And I

explain hopefully at the end of this you understand what I mean by we're all

intertwined. Remember pandemic? Yeah, somehow everybody I can relate to what you're

going through, right because you know, same same, right, same same

at a time. Okay, And this is one of the things. And

what I'm trying to say is that sometimes if we are too focused up on

ourselves, right, we will not be able to see what God has placed

in front of you. And there is a danger there because sometimes the opportunity

is not so much just for ourselves, but for rather how we can be

you know, ensuring that His will be done true us and around us.

But it's not just you, because we're all our lives alt twine. And

I explain to you why I mean by we're all connected, but maybe not

on the surface. Just like this story over here. Okay, we're all

connected. Miracles will merge. Okay, testimonies or touches our decent. That's

why we share testimis as well. Right, even though testimate happens to person

A, it also impacts person B. Right, And this is what I'm

talking about, all right, Cool, We're all connected, but maybe not

on the surface. Now, Mark here, like I said, talks about

this person Gyrus, a well known person, a synagogue leader or maybe a

pastor of the time, if you if you can catch the the illustration.

Now he starts up by also talking about this woman if the issue of blood.

All right, and there's a reason why they put the two together.

As I mentioned, Now, let's look at the differences first, Okay.

Firstly, Gyrus Gyrus is a man, okay. The lady is a woman.

Okay, so different. Okay. Secondly, we know Gyrus's name.

The other person is the unnamed woman. Okay, why I don't know that.

Now, as the ruler of the synagogue, he's obviously able to even

go come near the synagogue, whereas the woman because of her condition, and

if you know a bit of the background back then because of the uncleanliness,

she can even go close to the synagogue. Okay, that's the difference there,

and of course because why she's ceremonially unclean. Okay. The text also

tells you that Gyrus is affluent. Mean you say, it's well to do.

And the text also tells you at the same time, this woman,

although she had savings, she has spent all her savings in trying to find

treatment for the last twelve years, so she's probably broke. Okay, all

right, So the differences. Now, if you want to know what the

common nalities are, these are the common common nalities. Okay, I heard

you put up. Oh it's the slides up. Okay, I actually look

through an article. I'm an academic, so I like to do academic things.

There's a whole paper written about what the similarities are between these two,

so go look it up if you want evidences, but i'll summarize with you

to you the very short version of it. They're deeply connected, although it's

not on the surface. It's because life have put them together at the same

time. And this is where I want to say very quickly, that life

has this very I don't know it's a good or cruel thing, but they

sort of level the playing field. Remember it's the pandemic. Everybody is same,

right, regardless of whether you can afford it or not. You are

same, you are housebound, you are this and that right. And this

is exactly what I'm trying to say right here, because they were both hit

by something they both couldn't handle, and therefore they need to seek a higher

order to solve the problem. So although different, they are the same same,

very good, very good. Right. Life is leveling the playing field.

This is a time where life, with regardless of wherever you are,

money cannot solve it. You know, you're past the kind of solve it

right. Friends may not be able to fix things, you know, and

you basically you're desperate. So I'm trying to say, you're basically desperate.

And what happens when people are desperate they go through God. I dare say

that sometimes right when we cannot understand the things that we're going through, right,

even eights will go to a higher order. Right, And this is

exactly what's happened here. So it's something saying God, I can't solve this,

I cannot do this alone, Please help me. And this is the

scenario with the two people. So same, same, same, same.

Okay, so not common on the surface again, but very common. Like

I said, you can read the scripture. I started the scripture, read

the items over there. There's actually a lot more in there than the surface

I've just covered. So why I'm trying to say here is desperation brought the

two together. Why do I say desperate? If you look at the scripture

that you just read, they were so desperate they were pushing people away just

to get to Jesus. Right. Ever seen that happen, or let's say

the modern day contexts, people will lift their hands higher when they when they

in worship, people will pray three times that they just likednild it. Maybe

because they are desperate, etc. Etc. You get the idea, right,

yeah, because why we need God? We are desperate and that's why

these two stories are tied together, because of that desperation. And if you

like a movie, and always like movies, right, think about Hollywood or

Netflix series or whatever. At the very beginning in this hospital, here you

see a person who just had a newborn baby. Kick the baby up,

look at me. Oh, you know, so nice firstborn child. And

then in the background you see another lady who's probably had the results that she's

gonna be bleeding for the next sometime. She doesn't have a clue, and

so this is the kind of Hollywood movie that we often say. And then

of course the movie will go on, and then you see the intertwiners.

And why do I say this is because the twelve years for the chelfiars of

bleeding and the chelf years for the child's age. Right, she has some

significance here, and I'll talk about it in a little while. Okay,

so same, same, but not quite the same, but the same same.

Okay, all right, So Gyrus, let's just look at the desperation

side of things. Against since we're going back the desperation gyus, he gets

to Jesus first, first in line, first to get the queue. Let's

say, for example, Samuels Samuel Stephen is here, say, even though

your brother goes aware to get confused. Yeah, so it's like, oh,

you know, my my my child son. Well, I need to

talk to the pastor of the church or the CPC of the church. I

go to the highest in that space. So I get a ticket with Stephen

first, any kind of my house like, I need, I need some

prayer. My daughter is dying, okay, and uh, you can see

the daughter is dying to his present ensa dying, not dead yet. So

Jesus of course took the house call, and he was eventually gonna get there,

right, get to get to the place. But he was, of

course, that's a comment, hurry up her up, she's dying. You

know when people dye or going through something, right, your voice probably also

goes out in the octaveer know, right, come on, come on,

hurry her up? Why are you like, come on, come on,

clear the way I'll push people aside. Jesus, you gotta go, you

gotta go. Uh, and and and and and and help her. All

right, So that's one thing now, um coming, let me just quickly

pick a pause over there. Remember I said that the two are connected.

Okay, now, Jarius, the goal is child years old, right,

the woman child fiss of bleeding. So, like I said, the scenari

I gave you, like the Netflix movie, you probably may even be in

the same hospital at the same time, the same moment. But they don't

realize it because they don't realist their paths crossed at that point in time.

But the past eventory collided. Now you see what's important for this, And

I believe that treealth is not just a coincidence. Okay, not just a

coincidence. Okay, But before I even go there, let me just quickly

read from scripture. I've got this up all right. Romans Trail talks about

rejoicing with those who rejoice, and mourn with those who mourn. Now,

how often do we do that? Oftener? Hopefully if you're one of those

that say often, great, you are there. And this is exactly what

I'm trying to remind us all that sometimes we are so busy with life,

right, you cannot afford to not look around you. You cannot afford to

just neglect people around you, because sometimes maybe God is placing you in that

situation, in that space to be a blessing. All right, But because

we are so caught up with what we are going through, we may not

see the similarities. So let's rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with

those who we just like the Bible tells us. Okay, now let's come

back to twelve. What's significant? Twelve? Okay? I know there's a

lot of significance there, but I put up just some of the many,

okay, And and I believe that the number twelve would tell something, Okay,

because again it's no coincidence. Twelve What is the significants? Twelve commandments?

Right? Twelve commandments some of the more popular ones. You don't need

a Bible degree to know that a trail commandments child has a big number for

God. You remember the covenant that God has for Abraham and his sons and

the descendants, etc. How many siens did he have after that? Twelve

as well? And the twelve will eventually become the twelve tribes of Israel,

right, so the promise carries on. You know, the high priests head

they twelve gems on the breastplate. The resents are called the chield tribes of

Israel as well. Okay, I've got lots of scripture there. You can

fact check if you won. Okay, I have no time to go to

it. But needless to say that in Old Testaments chelf was a restifficent number.

But let's just also move on to New Testament as well, and the

past forward. Jesus started his ministry, or rather started talking to people or

even going to the synagogue when he was twelve. Twelve years old, you

know some kido chico from you know, lower primaries, so upper primary school

is going and hanging rubbing shoulders with the with the people. I mean,

my son just sent twelve. So I'm like, hey, this guy rubbing

shoulders, he past a kenneth. Nah, I don't think solar. But

but it's a marvel, marvel of the power and the wisdom of Jesus when

he was twelve. So twelve is a big number for God. Why and

very simplistic night shell twelve signifies the authority and power of God, okay,

or simplistically putting it, Heaven rules, Heaven rules. Okay, he's saying

that I don't care about your sicknesses. I don't care about your diseases.

I don't care about calamities they're going through life, etc. Nothing you're facing

is not under the jurisdiction of God and under the authority and power of God

is probably what they're saying right here, because he uses the word twelve.

All right. You know, if I were Jesus, right, I probably

stopped at the twelve eleven disciples because I know what's going to cross me.

But no, he even Jesus went on in the twelve. So twelve is

authority and power. Okay, And so back to the story that we're talking

about. I don't think it's issue of faith alone, but there's also the

authority that is recognized by the two. Okay, So the awareness of authority

is a bit different between the two care that we just read over here.

Now, the question is what is your awareness of the authority of God in

your life? And if your awareness is there, right, it determines how

much of a miracle you actually receive. Okay. A lot of people talk

about faith only. Now faith is only one aspect of it. Authority that

goes to that faith is actually more important than the faith alone. Okay.

It's what I'm trying to say here. Okay, because if your awareness of

God's authority is there, you actually receive more from him. Okay, just

now we sung mountains bow down and the seas will row. You know,

the power of God that powers we're talking about the same power authority can actually

move mountains. That is the thing we're talking about. And it's not just

about faith. And often we read that scripture that we just read earlier,

right, we reduce it to just a simplistic story about faith. Yes,

it is about faith, but it's not just about faith. It's what I'm

trying to say here. Okay, because the daughter is healed. Yes,

you just said the daughter your faith has healed you. But again not the

nine faith. Faith is important if you want to read true scriptures. Hebrew

one, sorry, Hebrew eleven will say faith is substance of all things hoped

for. It's the evidence of things not seen. Without faith, it's impossible

to please God, et cetera, et cetera. All those things are important,

But faith alone right with doubt authority. Right, It's like, uh,

I use this analogy of like faith. Let's say faith is like an

anchor all right that you throw off a boat, all right, to ensure

that you're anchored in something. Now, if you were to throw off or

deposit that faith or use that faith, we doubt making sure it's tied to

something. In tandem, your anchor is useless. Essentially, right, you

will sink your boat was due jalant or move right. So the authority is

almost like that rope that is tied with the anchor and then in tandem with

the ship they're on. Ensures that you will see that miracle come to pass.

Okay, So don't just take faith alone. Faith is a pure to

say yes. But with authority is another level of faith. It's why I'm

trying to say here, okay, So connect your faith with the authority of

God. Okay, and you'll take it up another level. Okay, all

we know this scripture, I put out a scripture over the next one.

All right. All it takes is just faith of a very little only is

sufficient. So sometimes you say, oh God, how come this miracle is

not happening in my life? How come things are not going the way it's

supposed to plan? How come it's not going to do the way you promise

me? And you begin to doubt whether there's faith in your life. Don't

Faith is there, But maybe the question is really do you have the authority

that goes with that faith to ensure that faith is activated to another level.

It's why I'm trying to say here. Okay, So if you struggle with

faith, that's one thing. Sorry, if you struggle with faith, maybe

the question also is about whether you understand the authority that comes with that faith,

okay, because as you mentioned earlier, really all you need is just

small faith. So it's never about the size of your faith. Really,

it is the object that your faith is going to be tied to. And

I believe that if you connect your faith with His authority, your faith,

like I said, will go to up to that level, because why we

believe that God has the ultimate authority. Heaven rules over here. Heaven Heaven

rules right. So if your faith struggle and when when we're saying, you

know, um, it's all about faith. No no, no, no,

you look at look at Jesus. Now we sung about moving you know

the seas, uh, just coming the seas, right. I think one

of the songs that we sung earlier, it's a story I'm going to use

right to to illustrate the faith now in the story in the in the in

the boat where the disciples are all like panicking like crazy, right, and

then what was you doing in that scenario? Sleeping? Probably snoring, yeah,

snoring, having a you know, a very relaxing time. But the

rest are having a panic attack? Right? Why? Because can you say

that there's no faith? Maybe? Lah? Maybe, but again a little

bit is enough, right, But they do not understand that the authority is

actually in that boat as well? What did you just do stood out there?

You know, do a hocus pocus mumbo jumbo, Calm, stay calm?

Why? Because he knew the authority in him, the authority that his

father has given him, and he can actually calm the sea. Now whenever

we go through, like I said, some things that are beyond things that

we can understand. Again, you use the pandemic as an example. We

often think that things are out of control. Right? Do you think in

heaven they're going to a panic attack? Up there? We are? Right?

We are? Oh man, how you know, I'm a grown man.

I kind of got my house. How mun do do do? Do?

Do? Do? Also thinks how how is the company going to survive?

How this is going to work out, etc. But I can tell

you in the boardroom upstairs, everything is calm collected. Why because authority is

up there right, So there's no penning attack. So what I'm trying to

illustrate here is that if you understand who's in control and put your authority and

your faith in that person, anxieties should should be like what Jesus did to

them, like rebuilt them right A you are have some faith, not just

have some faith. Understand who's in authority over here. So one praying to

say is that faith is never the problem, but the awareness of the authority

may be a bigger problem. So it is my prayer that we often sometimes

do a heart check whenever things do not go according to I know a going

to plan right, because he has the final say. Not when until the

fact that these things you know, it's until Jesus sings. You know he

has the final say, right, if you know the expresh, no matter

what's going on, Like I said, always tie back your faith to his

authority and you'd be fine. Now let's go back to the story Gyrus versus

the woman. Everywhere so far, it's gonna be deeper, right, Gyrus

is a woman. They both probably a faith, right because one knew.

But I think the level awareness is a bit different between the two. Let's

do through Gyrus. Okay, Gyrus went through the the correct procedure, all

right, he got a ticket, He called the local pastor to his house

because why he knew the the soop. Okay, because he himself was the

leader of the synagogue. All right, so uh he did what is right.

You know, he probably even at home, you know, played worship

music, you know, highly thanking Jesus. You know, he healed my

daughter, et cetera, and he was going to go through the whole process

of getting Jesus to the house for the healing to happen. Now the woman

has another level of wareness of authority because she probably thinks that I have no

time for all this law, or do you just touch? I mean,

I'm not encouraging that you go and cut queues and all that. But you

get my trying to say healer the authority that she isn't the authority a little

bit different because she's so desperate that she said, even though I can touch

without having to go to all the processes, right, I was still received

that healing because she understood with that faith that she has the little bit and

with the authority that my miracle will come just by touching Jesus. And that's

all it takes. Okay, and again if you haven't heard it before,

really, the whole thing about building faith actually relates to recognizing the ultimate authority,

not just on faith alone, because faith, like I said, it's

a small thing. Whenever you think faith is the problem, it is not

the problem. I want to tell you this. Perhaps you need to be

talking to the right people to ensure that it accompanies that faith and so that

your faith can be taken up to another level. Now, I'm one person

who likes to you know, who likes customer service or customer services good?

And who who? Who on earth? Who in this place loves good customer

service? So I've been okay, good, all right, and you understand

what I'm trying to say. Right, Sometimes when you when you let's say,

in a restaurant, you know, you you get a service that a

bit subpar you you then what do you do? You will probably a hello,

you know, how comes this thing? Got this thing here? Right?

And sometimes if the thing cannot be resolved, let's say, there's a

hair day or whatever. Then you what what would you do next? Go

to the boss? Okay, okay, at least I'm not the only one

that is un Christian here, right, I'm like, hey, bringing the

manager called the supervisor? All right, let me talk to the boss.

Why why do you do that? Why do we do that? More authority?

Yes, you understand that, because why the person that is up there

probably has the flexibility or the ability to actually make a call. All right,

So this is what we're talking about. We want to talk to the

supervisor, right, talk to the boss so that things are not talking about

being rude or anything. You all just saying that you wan't to talk to

red person because there's no point talking to the underling. All right? Now,

the question is what do we approach? Who do we approach whenever we

go through calamities and struggles and all that? Boss? Who's the boss?

Got la? But do we do that all the time? It's probably the

question, And like I said, it's just we do We will do that

if you understand who the ultimate boss is or we remember who the ultimate authority

is. So if you don't do that, right, sometimes I think it's

just a heart check of again it's not faithful near But it's really about understanding

the authority that is in charge. And and I'll tell you another quick story,

um um. I booked a etiquette to to a domestic flight between Perth

and where I'm going to Australia for some time. So I book a domestic

flight from Point View. And I was so desperate to book it because I

think the prices were going up a little bit. So I got my wife

to book it for me. While I was driving, she using on the

laptop and then she booked the ticket and then at the end of the payment

at the end over there, the payment says that there's an error in payment.

So later when I stopped the car, I actually put another booking.

True, okay, so that was half the story. When I went home

later that evening I found out I she had two bookings. And it's one

of those who know la cheap skater nonrefundable tickets, so it was not cheat.

I think probably costs like one thousand over Perth to Perth to Melbourn actually

quite far so it costed probably about one point two grand ring it one way,

so I paid twice. They were like, oh man, how law

I was saying, jet starts to jet starts probably cheaper anyway. So I

thought, okay, let's just give you a goal. Talk talk to the

I tried to chat, you know, CHET, talk to somebody, the

person couldn't resolve it. What happens after that? Escalate to the line manager.

The manager you're not because I can see the time sense of the CHET

in three minutes resolved the situation. That's the power of people in authority,

all right, because that's a testing for another day. But but but yeah,

in a very short thing, is that really people in authority? And

she gets in going. I shared her story with you before the pandemic,

we myself and my wife, we went to China. She was there for

work, so as part of her work, she was actually looking for a

venue for a big event. Okay, And at the end of our trip

we had to extend our stay a little bit. So there was one or

two days that we don't have accommodation, haven't sorted it out, so we

were just going around trying to find an accommodation to to to to stay because,

like I said, no no foresight, I worry hopeless in this department.

But anyway, as part of that that that after the first few official

a few days of looking for a venue. And these are big hotels.

It's a big event, by the way, so they will have lavish place,

places to stay, lavish boy called meeting rooms, et cetera, because

it's going to be a launch of a very big thing. Okay. So

at the end of it, we were just at this another very exclusive hotel,

just trying to as part of her job, just trying to ask some

last questions before we hit out and find accommodation of our own. As we

were talking to the person, the person another manager just overheard the conversation and

say, why not I give you a place to stay so that you can

find out what the rooms are like as well. Uh and everything is foc

ending, by the way, this is one of those I camember is a

very atas in Shanghais place. Uh no, even higher than that anything.

Uh And and it's an executive suite. Okay. So from living on the

streets kind of a scenario, we went to exactly squeet and is because of

people in authority. It's in that place. Yeah, yeah, again I

digress a little bit, okay, But by good idea. Right, So

talk to the supervisor. Talk to your supervisors from trying to say here,

okay, who's the supervisor, Like I said, God, the Alpha and

the Omega? Right, Why because if you talk to the right person,

they can push the right buttons and make things work. So whenever you're going

to things, you say, I need to seek my supervisor. Your supervisor

is God, not your boss. And you know you need to speak to

the God of heaven and earth, right, not just the God of earth,

the God who is there from the beginning and here were there in the

end as well, all right, right, So so yeah, as as

we understand that he's got authority. Again, your faith is modern sufficient.

It's your awareness of the authority that needs to be revisited. So back to

this woman here. So twelve years, this woman has been speaking to probably

middle level managers in the hospital setting, okay, trying to get her things

solved. She's had enough. I'm going straight to the boss. And what

happens after that? The miracle came right because again she understood the persons in

authority over here. Now I'm going to take a pause over here, and

then he may scream, unfair, how come this person is, you know,

his position got taken away. Jesus had to his pause what he was

doing to help this lady, and often were like that, right. We

often say that, how come God, there's an interruption here? I thought

you promised me this and that. How come I'm seeing something else happening.

A miracle happening here, which is what the jaris probably is happening at his

probably oh in a moving his way around, come move side on side.

She says, Jesus, come, come, come, come, come,

come, you know my house is that way. And after a while he

rested, was Jesus, where do you go? And then Jesus was there

many many miles away here chilling? Then who touched my garment? Who touched

my garment? And then and then he said, you know, after that,

after a long, draggy scenario owning the woman, it was me all

right, came out and after that, what did you just do? Hey,

tell me a story. I'm not knocking women women here, but you

know when when when when the urgency right? Usually guys would normally give the

story a lot quicker, but jes invited the women to tell a story.

So you can imagine Gyrus over here, it's like, what on the world's

happening? My girl is dying? And you can afford to play trial questions

who touched me? And all the kind of things. My girl is dying,

you know, aren't me? Sometimes like that? Right? The desperation

that we're going through is, yeah, the world around me is collapsing.

Why on earth is Jesus there? Why isn't he here in my situation?

Okay? Interruptions can sometimes be invitations for a miracle. That's why I'm trying

to say here, okay, because you see, the good thing about this

story is that at the end the miracles still happen in this guy's life.

But of course at the time in situation, it didn't feel like it.

Lah, he didn't feel like it. So I think I'm gonna end sooner.

Really, so extreme can probably make their way up eventually. But Jesus

not only waits, he also waits for the women to come out in the

crowd because he didn't want to rush through things, right, He didn't rush

through things. And sometimes, like I said earlier, it can be frustrating

to see other people's miracles while you're waiting for your own miracle. Have you

ever watched someone get a promotion and you didn't get the promotion. Yeah.

Have you ever seen somebody who's been trying to have a kid for quite some

time and then celebrating with them. Yeah, but you yourself are struggling to

have a kid, and they be wondering why Lord? Why? You know

social media these days as a cruel It's a very cruel thing, right,

because you get to see all the things that people are celebrating about, the

good things Lord that they put up, and then you're wondering when it's in

my turn. I've been single alone for quite some time. I've been to

the hundred and tenth wedding and I'm still waiting for my lining, shining armor

or the other way around. Why Lord? Why? Why? But I

can assure you Church that sometimes it makes us go through these things, or

literally makes us watch these miracles for the purpose of reminding us that your miracle

is coming. Your miracle is coming. I know it's frustrating, but I

would encourage you that if he God did it for them, he can do

it for you as well. Right, So, Gyrus, maybe at a

time just had to understand, Okay, wow, he did it. Then

the healing. The twelve years of leading healing happened. And if you embrace

it differently, it may have really different what's that sound, time, sub

is it okay? Yeah? Yeah, Again, it might not be the

same for you the same manner. But God was simply saying this, if

you trust him that he has all the power and authority in the world,

in both earth and in heaven, you know that miracle will come. So

do not be afraid. Just believe, right, just believe. So back

to the very start, and I said, I promise you it will all

make sense. Back to the very start of the passage that we read in

verse forty. What did you just have to do? Take out those that

are disrupting the situation and preventing the miracle to happen? And you had to

cast it out out? And what those things you may ask, these things

that are not good the environment, that it's not perfect, you need to

cast it out. Maybe it's fear they need to go say shoe go away.

Sort of a miracle can happen. Maybe it's unbelief. You know,

you've gone through things, this thing over and over and over again, and

this lady has gone through things. Child of years shoo go away. Past

hurts, maybe impatience go away, anxiety go away, shoe disappointments, Like

I said, hurts go away as well. Why because if you understand who

is in authority and you recognize that Heaven rules, you know the miracle can

still happen. Just as in that story read the girl was just in bid

for a while. She's just lying down, resting. Although people say that

she's did. Jesus had to remove all those things that's preventing the miracle to

happen. And when that has been done, you know the miracle did come

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