"The Basic Steps Needed"

When she heard about Jesus, 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 dried up, and she was healed of her affliction.  Mark 5:27-29

Here we see a woman who had been struggling for years with her issue with no help in sight. She hears about Jesus and decides that He is her only hope. She pushes and presses through the crowd till she gets close enough to touch the hem of His garment and in an moment she is immediately healed of her affliction.

In Matthew 14:36 it says that ...they begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.  In both verses, lives were changed because they touched the hem of His garment.  Sometimes I think we feel that we need to do some great act of faith like surviving a fiery furnace, some hungry lions, or even to slay giants in order to receive His anointing in our lives. How often do we make faith a whole lot harder then it really is?

According to these verses all we really need are a few basic steps. First we need to hear about Him and then we need to confess with our mouths that we believe His presence is enough! We need to believe that touching the hem, or rather the outer edge of His presence brings His anointing flowing into our lives! The last step, be in His Presence!