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Expectation goes a long way to solving the problem. James says this "you have not because you ask not" We don't ask because we don't expect. "Blessed are those who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed" (2).

At some point his hand touches us in that inward pain, struggle and passion. He touches us by one million things and in a million ways, a tear, a glimpse of a friend, a soft word of encouragement, a hymn, a scripture or a sermon. God is not stumped for methods of communication; he can devise a plan and fulfil it.

There is not only the expectation of divine disclosure and impartation but the establishment of godly truth, the truth that God never distances himself from our needs. He does not operate from a safe distance.

Bethlehem proves it. He came down to our level; God in Christ touched us. God came. In the Old Testament they devised a regime whereby the unclean were excluded and no one ever touched them; they were kept outside the camp. When Jesus came, he reversed all that. "Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate." [Heb 13:12]. The religious leaders threw help like coppers from a distance so they wouldn't be contaminated. Not Jesus, not then, not now. Aren't you glad? Let Jesus touch you today, by His Spirit. In scripture He touched a woman, and the fever left her (3), he can touch your fever or life today.

Michael

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