EP 98: Wholeness in the Waiting: What Mark 5 Teaches Us About Jesus’ Timing

Summary

Podcast Summary: "In Totality with Megan Ashley"

Episode 98: Wholeness in the Waiting: What Mark 5 Teaches Us About Jesus’ Timing
Host: Megan Ashley
Date: November 25, 2025

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Overview

In this episode, Megan Ashley explores the theme of waiting on God by diving into Mark 5—a story that interweaves the healing of Jairus’s daughter and the woman with the issue of blood. She transparently relates these biblical events to her personal struggles with discouragement, emphasizing that God's timing is purposeful and that He offers more than we often seek. The episode provides deep encouragement for anyone who feels stuck, weary, or impatient for God to move, reminding listeners of the wholeness and restoration found in Christ.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Finding Encouragement Amid Discouragement (06:19 – 07:45)

• Megan shares openly about battling discouragement and the temptation to seek a grand, supernatural sign from God to lift her spirits.
• She reminds listeners that encouragement can and should be sought in God’s Word, not just through dramatic spiritual experiences.

“When I am discouraged, I want the burning bush… I want this, like, supernatural, miraculous thing. I want God to, like, come down… Just, I want you to come and rescue me from this discouragement.”
— Megan Ashley [08:12]

2. Exploring Mark 5: The Woman with the Issue of Blood (09:22 – 19:18)

• Megan recounts the account of Jesus being approached by Jairus and, on the way, being stopped by the woman who had been hemorrhaging for 12 years.
• She unpacks the profound suffering of the woman—physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually—due to her condition and the social isolation it created.
• Megan highlights the woman’s desperate faith: she risks public shame and further rejection just to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment, believing she’ll be healed.
• The story is not just about physical healing but also about identity, dignity, and restoration.

“She has the intentions on just being healed. But Jesus stops and he lets her tell her whole story. And he calls her daughter… She gets his attention, she gets his time, she gets his empathy, she gets his comfort. And he gives her and he restores her identity.”
— Megan Ashley [19:41]

3. God Always Gives More Than We Seek (19:18 – 24:35)

• Megan emphasizes that Jesus provides more than the woman could have hoped for—physical healing and emotional affirmation by calling her “daughter.”
• This act restored her relationship with God and her community, healing not only her body but her soul.
• She draws an analogy from Romans 8:18—the present suffering doesn’t compare to the coming glory.

“God is so kind and sovereign that he is always going to give you significantly more than what you bargained for.”
— Megan Ashley [21:14]

4. The Interruption and Jairus’s Perspective (27:52 – 36:00)

• Megan discusses the narrative interruption: while Jesus is healing the woman, Jairus waits anxiously for his own miracle.
• She explores how easy it is to feel impatient or overlooked when it seems God is helping others first.
• Megan relates this to personal experiences, like waiting at a hospital, where urgency feels subjective.

“We can see our situation and think that our situation is more urgent… ‘Why are you not responding to me when my situation feels more dire, but you’re responding to them when their situation doesn’t seem as dire?’ But we have to remember who he is.”
— Megan Ashley [32:08]

5. The Timing and Glory of Jesus (36:00 – 40:09)

• Megan reminds listeners that God’s timing, though often mysterious and difficult to accept, is always perfect and aimed at His glory.
• She draws out the faith required to wait, just as Jairus waited—sometimes through what looks like a hopeless delay.
• The message is to trust that God sees the bigger picture and is “never late.”

“He’s not just looking to do the one thing. He’s looking to do all of it. He’s looking to make you whole—not just in one area, but in totality.”
— Megan Ashley [37:36]

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Memorable Quotes & Notable Moments

• On seeking signs versus seeking scriptures:
  “When I am discouraged, I want the burning bush… But I feel like the Lord is just kind of like, yeah, like I, I have encouragement for you. I am speaking to you. It may not be in the way that you want me to, right? But I’m always speaking. Go read my Word.” — Megan Ashley [08:09]

• On the risk and faith of the bleeding woman:
  “To even get that close to him, she might end up bumping up against other people… she is taking a major risk.” — Megan Ashley [14:07]

• On God’s generosity:
  “She intended to touch the hem of his garment and just go about her merry way… but she gets significantly more than what she intended.” — Megan Ashley [19:41]

• On the significance of being called ‘daughter’:
  “You are no longer going to be known just for the things that you have suffered, but I am giving you a new identity.” — Megan Ashley [20:13]

• On faith while waiting:
  “Do not fear, just have faith. This—I am the same God that stopped the raging sea, I am the same one who cast out demons, I am the same one who healed the blind…” — Megan Ashley (quoting Tim Keller’s insight) [36:47]

• On patience and trust:
  “God’s timing is always to bring him glory. To show you that he is God and he has power—resurrection power, power to heal, power to save, power to restore, power to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ask or think.” — Megan Ashley [38:27]

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Key Segment Timestamps

• Personal context and intro to topic: 06:19 – 07:45
• Retelling & unpacking Mark 5 narrative: 09:22 – 19:18
• Emphasis on identity and more-than-expected blessing: 19:18 – 24:35
• Jairus’s waiting and timing issues: 27:52 – 36:00
• Encouragement about patience and God’s glory: 36:00 – 40:09
• Closing exhortation and blessing: 39:16 – 40:09

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Tone and Style

Megan’s delivery is warm, direct, and vulnerable, interspersed with humor (sharing about losing her Crash Bandicoot skills) and a deeply pastoral, encouraging tone. She shares personal struggles openly and frequently reminds the audience of God’s character, inviting listeners to identify with her journey and reflections.

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Final Takeaways

• Seek encouragement in Scripture, not just supernatural signs.
• God always gives more than we expect—healing, yes, but also restoration, identity, and dignity.
• His timing is intentional and is designed for both our good and His glory.
• Be patient while waiting, remembering the faithfulness of the one who has power over all things.
• Jesus is not just after solving one problem, but after making us whole—in totality.

“He’s looking to make you whole. Not just in one area, but in totality.”
— Megan Ashley [39:36]

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This episode is a must-listen for those in a season of waiting, reminding us to trust God’s timing and to find our wholeness in Him.

Transcript

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[Megan Ashley]

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[Megan Ashley]

Ashley and join today, and I'll meet you there. When I am discouraged, I want the burning bush.

[Guest Speaker]

Give it to me. Jairus is like, right over there being like, bruh, we don't have that much time.

[Megan Ashley]

My daughter, right?

[Guest Speaker]

God is so kind and sovereign that he is always going to give you significantly more than what you bargained for. This is such a beautiful reminder of how incredibly miraculous the gospel is. But we have to remember who the main character is. The main character is Jesus.

[Megan Ashley]

Foreign.

[Guest Speaker]

What's up, you guys?

[Megan Ashley]

Welcome back to another episode of In Totality. I am your host, Megan Ashley. I'm happy to be back with you guys.

[Guest Speaker]

Excuse my voice.

[Megan Ashley]

I don't know what's going on, but it's like, it's raspy. And I don't know if it's raspy, because last night, a miracle happened. Let me tell you what happened. I have had Jordan got me a PlayStation, the original PlayStation for Christmas last year, and I haven't been able to play it because I lost the chords to it. And so last night, I just had this, like, urge. I'm like, I want to play. I want to play my PlayStation because she got me my favorite game, which is Crash Bandicoot. I don't know if y' all know about Crash Bandicoot, but Crash Bandicoot is, like, the OG PlayStation game.

[Guest Speaker]

It was the only game that.

[Megan Ashley]

That. Okay, it wasn't the only Game I played it. It was Crash Bandicoot. It was Crazy Taxi. Y' all know about Crazy Taxi? Was Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk. Those were the three games that I played all the time on PlayStation. And so Jordan got me Crash Bandicoot for Christmas, but I haven't been able to play. And so last night, Jay had went out to go get some pizza, and I, like, text him. I'm like, jay, now, listen, when it comes to, like, stuff, like, quirky, geeky stuff, Jay's going to find it. Like, I. I don't know where Jay finds these places, but he can find anything when it comes to, like, a camera or a cord or a game or something, like, Jay's going to find it. And so I text him, and I'm like.

[Guest Speaker]

I'm like, can you find this cord?

[Megan Ashley]

Because I want to play this game so bad. And he, like, mission. He's like, bet you would have thought I told this man to go make a disciple or something.

[Guest Speaker]

He. He's.

[Megan Ashley]

He is on his phone Googling. He didn't call two stores, and he was. I bet, found the court, got the pizza on the way, and I'm like, yes, we're going to eat pizza. We're going to play Crash Bandicoot. It was just like that.

[Guest Speaker]

It just, you know, you got to.

[Megan Ashley]

Find joy in the places where you can find joy, right? And I told you guys all transparency. I just have been battling a lot of discouragement and. And temptations to fall into, like, depression and stuff.

[Guest Speaker]

And.

[Megan Ashley]

And so, like, I'm trying to do better at finding things that bring me joy, even in little things, right? And so Crash Bandicoot was, like, one of those things. I was like, I feel like this is going to make me happy and give me joy. So I'm like, bet Jay comes. We're eating pizza, we're playing Crash Bandicoot, and I am dying left and right. I have lost all. All my skills in playing Crash Bandicoot.

[Guest Speaker]

And so that's why my voice is a little scratchy, because I was screaming.

[Megan Ashley]

At my TV every time that I died. So just excuse my.

[Guest Speaker]

My little rasp. Okay?

[Megan Ashley]

Anyway, speaking of just, like, finding encouragement.

[Podcast Host]

I'm just going to talk through.

[Guest Speaker]

Some scripture that.

[Megan Ashley]

That in a story in. In the gospels that has just brought me a lot of encouragement right now. And. And I'm going to be honest with you guys.

[Guest Speaker]

I can get.

[Megan Ashley]

I don't even know the word, but.

[Guest Speaker]

I can get into a place where.

[Megan Ashley]

If I am discouraged, I am seeking to get encouragement maybe from people Instead of from, and I'm not going to.

[Guest Speaker]

Say instead of from God.

[Megan Ashley]

I think that, like, I, for the most part, am disciplined in practicing my spiritual disciplines, right? So, like, prayer and in consecration and all the things. But I think that when I am falling into, like, a discouraging place, I want this, like, rhema word from God. Like, I want him to give me a specific word. Like, I want the burning bush. You know what I'm saying? Like, when I am discouraged, I want the burning bush.

[Guest Speaker]

Give it to me.

[Megan Ashley]

I want this, like, supernatural, miraculous thing. I want God to, like, come down.

[Guest Speaker]

And I'm, if it's your backside, I'll take it. You know what I'm saying? Just, I want you to come and.

[Megan Ashley]

Rescue me from this discouragement.

[Guest Speaker]

I want you to speak a specific word to me. And so, and, and I do believe.

[Megan Ashley]

That a lot of that is, is just immaturity. You know what I'm saying? And so as I was praying, even this morning, I was just praying and, and talking to the Lord and I feel like, and I sense that the Lord is just kind of like, yeah, like I, I, I have encouragement for you. I am speaking to you.

[Guest Speaker]

It may not be in the way.

[Megan Ashley]

That you want me to, right?

[Guest Speaker]

But I'm always speaking, go read my Word.

[Megan Ashley]

Like, go and go find encouragement from my word. And so that's what I did because.

[Guest Speaker]

You know, I don't want to be disobedient.

[Megan Ashley]

And so I'm like, okay, I'm going to go to the Word. And so where I felt my heart being drawn to was in the Book of Mark. And in Mark, chapter five, we see Jesus. He just got done.

[Guest Speaker]

Crossing the sea.

[Megan Ashley]

And commanding the waves and the storm to cease.

[Guest Speaker]

And in, in the, he crosses the sea and he gets off the boat.

[Megan Ashley]

And, and, and all of a sudden, Gyrus here is Gyrus, who is a synagogue leader, and his daughter is dying, right? She's not just sick, but, like, she's real sick. Like, it's like, it's bad, right? And so even for that, for like Gyrus the synagogue leader to be falling on the, at the feet of Jesus, begging him to come heal his daughter is like, that's a whole thing in, in and of itself, right?

[Guest Speaker]

And, and so Jesus is like, cool bed.

[Megan Ashley]

Like, let's go. Like, let's go, let's go, healer, right?

[Guest Speaker]

And so the crowds are among him and it's all the thing. And then all of a sudden we get interrupted with this woman who has been battling and suffering from this Bleeding condition. She's been hemorrhaging and bleeding for 12 years, right? And so here this woman who has been suffering and we get, we, we.

[Megan Ashley]

Know her a little bit about her story.

[Guest Speaker]

We know that, that she's been suffering from bleeding for 12 years, that she's endured much from doctors. So in my mind I'm thinking like.

[Megan Ashley]

Okay, she's probably gone from doctor to doctor.

[Guest Speaker]

She's probably been through a test and you know, and I don't know what.

[Megan Ashley]

They were doing back then. Right. But I can imagine, I know what it's been for my experience where I have had female issues. And, and you go through testing and.

[Guest Speaker]

You go through this and doctors think.

[Megan Ashley]

You know, it, okay, it might be.

[Guest Speaker]

This and we're going to test this and then it's this and then we're.

[Megan Ashley]

Going to test this.

[Guest Speaker]

And, and, and so that can, that's, that's a lot. That's tasking on your body, it's tasking on your mind, it's tasking on your emotions and it's tasking on your faith.

[Podcast Host]

At the end of the day, this.

[Guest Speaker]

Was a Jewish woman. So she, so she.

[Megan Ashley]

There's a history of faith in God.

[Guest Speaker]

I'm, I'm assuming that she's had.

[Megan Ashley]

Right.

[Guest Speaker]

And, and I'm sure this has been pulling on her in so many different ways.

[Megan Ashley]

So she's endured much from doctors and.

[Guest Speaker]

She'S speaking, spent everything, right? So I'm over here in, in, in chapter five, verse 26. And she has spent everything that she has had and, and nothing has helped. So she's, she spent money, she has spent time, she has, she's endured a lot. She's suffering from bleeding. And, and, and the implications of her bleeding, it, it, it doesn't just have physical implications, right? Because we know by the Levitical law that, that women who were bleeding, they, and that means that you can't. Anybody that you touch is unclean. So you can't touch anybody. Nobody can touch you. You can't worship. She can't even worship. She can't even go into the synagogues because she's bleeding. So this has hindered her, her, her physical body. I'm, I know this has been tasking on her emotions. It has to be, it has to be tasking on her mental health. It has to be task, tasking and in a hindrance to her relationships, right? Because can't nobody touch you think about that. Humans need physical touch. We need physical touch. I know that there was like a.

[Megan Ashley]

Study back when I don't even Know.

[Guest Speaker]

When, but I know that there was.

[Megan Ashley]

A study that they did about babies.

[Guest Speaker]

And it was like babies who weren't touched in a.

[Megan Ashley]

In a certain amount of time after they were born, it was like they died, right?

[Guest Speaker]

So we know that humans need physical touch. No one can touch her. She can't touch anyone.

[Megan Ashley]

So it has to be a strain on relationships.

[Guest Speaker]

And she's. In that time when, when women bleeding.

[Megan Ashley]

Like that, it was looked at like.

[Guest Speaker]

What'S wrong with you?

[Megan Ashley]

Right? Like, what did. Like, something must be spiritually off with you. Like, she was an outcast.

[Guest Speaker]

And so I think about this woman and I'm like, man, like, I can only imagine how much she is enduring, how much this has just been hard on her in every way. And she comes to a place of such desperation where she. I'm. I'm. I'm assuming she's heard of Jesus, right? I'm sure she's heard of how he's.

[Megan Ashley]

Healed the sick and how she.

[Guest Speaker]

He's.

[Megan Ashley]

How he's healed the blind and how.

[Guest Speaker]

He has, you know, maybe even stories of him calming the sea and, and casting demons out and all the things she's heard about the wondrous works of Jesus. And so she gets to a place.

[Megan Ashley]

Where it's like, look, I have tried everything.

[Guest Speaker]

If this man has done all of these things, then if I just touch the hem of his garment, then I'll be healed. So she has the intention on just touching the hem of his garment. She's like, I'm not going to touch him. I'm not going to touch him, because if I touch him, it's going to make him unclean. You know, I'm not even going to ask him to touch me, because if he touches me, he. He might be unclean. I'm just going to have faith to touch the hem of his garment and believe that I'm going to be healed. And this is a point of desperation. And she takes a major risk, right? Because we do know that everywhere that Jesus went, there was crowds, there were people crowded around him. So to even get that close to him, she might end up bumping up against other people, which would mean what they would be unclean. And you know, truthfully, like, even this isn't right, right?

[Megan Ashley]

Because Jesus comes in, like, obviously he's like, debunking all of this stuff, right? Like the Levitical law was what it was in the Old Testament. Now he's coming to, like, fulfill the law, all the things, right?

[Guest Speaker]

But I can imagine being. This isn't funny, but, like, I can imagine being a Jewish person in that time. And if I knew about this woman.

[Megan Ashley]

Like, say I knew about her and.

[Guest Speaker]

And I knew that she was unclean.

[Megan Ashley]

According to the Levitical law, because she's bleeding.

[Guest Speaker]

If I knew that. And here she come, like, bumping me. Dang, now I'm unclean.

[Megan Ashley]

And now I gotta go and I got to do all the things and.

[Guest Speaker]

All the rituals and all the stuff because you didn't bumped into me. So she is take, like, I'm sure people if, if they, if they knew that she was unclean and she bumped into them, I'm sure people were probably, like, really upset. And so she's taking a major risk by going and trying to get that close to the hem of his, like that close so that she can touch.

[Megan Ashley]

The hem of his garment.

[Guest Speaker]

And so she does this. And Scripture tells us in verse 30 that when she touches the hem of his garment.

[Megan Ashley]

Well, I'm sorry, let me go back.

[Guest Speaker]

In verse 29, when she touches the hem of his garment, she immediately knows that she has been healed.

[Megan Ashley]

I don't know if she feels the.

[Guest Speaker]

The bleeding stops immediately, but she immediately knows I have been healed, right? And so, But Jesus also immediately knows that power has been taken from him. And so he's in the middle of this crowd. She touches the hem of his garment. There's people everywhere bumping and, and he's trying to push through because again, remember, he's trying to get to Jairus's daughter, right? And I can just imagine Gyrus is like, in the crowd, like, moving people out the way so they can quickly get to his house. And then here comes this lady. She touches the him, his garment. Power leaves from Jesus. She is immediately healed. And he stops. Now, Jesus did not have to stop. He could have just knew power left him, knew that somebody was healed, and just went on his merry way and went straight to Gyrus's daughter and healed.

[Megan Ashley]

Gyrus's daughter from whatever sickness she had.

[Guest Speaker]

But he stops and he says, who touched me? And the disciples respond, much of how.

[Megan Ashley]

I probably, probably would have responded, like, what are you talking about?

[Guest Speaker]

Everyone's touching you. Like, aren't we, aren't we, like, urgently.

[Megan Ashley]

Trying to get somewhere?

[Guest Speaker]

Like, what do you mean everyone's touching you? And he says, no, like, I felt.

[Megan Ashley]

Power leave from me.

[Guest Speaker]

And so then the lady reveals herself, throws herself down.

[Megan Ashley]

She says, listen, like, I, I, I.

[Guest Speaker]

I just wanted to touch the hem of your garment. I knew that if I touched the hem of your garment, I would be healed. And, and the bleeding stopped and all the things. And I'm sure she's probably crying.

[Megan Ashley]

I think the Chosen did amazing job depicting this. So like in my mind that's what's happening is how they depicted it.

[Guest Speaker]

And, and then Scripture says that he stops and she tells him the whole truth, right? So she tells him the whole story. She gives him the backstory. I've been bleeding for 12 years. I've been spending all my money on, on trying to find out what's wrong. I have been going through all the things with doctors, doctors, nobody can tell me what's going on with me. She's probably telling him like my family is, you know, kind of rejected me. I don't have any friends, I don't have a community. I can't go in the synagogue and worship all. She's probably because she, he. Scripture says she tells him the whole truth. So she's probably telling him her whole story. Mind you, Gyrus is like right over there being like, bruh, we don't have that much time.

[Megan Ashley]

My daughter, right?

[Guest Speaker]

But Jesus stops and he talks to this woman and he. And he gives her dignity and he lets her tell her story. And then he looks at her and he says, daughter. Now this is the, this is the part because there's two things that are really encouraging me in this story that.

[Megan Ashley]

I think that the Lord led me.

[Guest Speaker]

To, to encourage me right now in my discouragement is that he stops, he lets her tell the whole story. She's healed. But then he says, daughter, and this is the thing that really tugged on.

[Podcast Host]

My heart because.

[Guest Speaker]

That lady, the, the, the woman with the issue of blood had only the intentions on being healed. Touching the hem of his garment so that she could be healed of this 12 year ailment that she has been suffering and enduring for, for so long and that she's gone through so much with.

[Megan Ashley]

Right?

[Guest Speaker]

She has the intentions on just being healed. But Jesus stops and he lets her tell her whole story. And he calls her daughter. And so not only does she get healed, but now she gets significantly more than what she intended. She intended to touch his hem of his garment and just go about her merry way. But she touches the hem is of his garment, she's healed. And she gets significantly more than what she intended on getting. She gets, she gets his attention, she gets his time, she gets his empathy, she gets his comfort. And he gives her and he restores her identity. He calls her daughter. Daughter, you're no longer going to be known just for the things that you have suffered. But I am giving you a new identity. I'm giving you the identity of daughter. You are a daughter. You are daughter. And that speaks to me so much because I battle so badly. You know, I think that, I guess let me say like this. I think that being so desperate and, and to be relieved of suffering and, and all the things that you go through, that you just, you go to Jesus just wanting one thing. I just want this one thing to stop. But, but, but God is so kind and sovereign that he is always going to give you significantly more than what you bargained for. And so I, I can understand her going to him and just wanting to be healed because I have been in situations and, and things in my life.

[Megan Ashley]

Have, have happened where I'm just like.

[Guest Speaker]

Yeah, you know what? I'm so desperate. I just want this one thing.

[Podcast Host]

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[Guest Speaker]

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And Jesus is showing us in, in the scriptures. It's like, no, I'm. I can do that, but I also can do significantly more. Yes, I can heal you, but I can also give you an identity. Yes, I can heal you, but I can also restore your relationships. Yes, I can heal this one thing, but I can also give you the strength and the power and the love and the encouragement to, to worship again, to, to enjoy your relationship with, with, with.

[Megan Ashley]

With the Lord again.

[Guest Speaker]

And I just think that that is what's so beautiful about this moment is not only does he heal her, but he gives her identity. He completely restores her. He gives her dignity. And that is what that is. The thing that I guess is really just encouraging me, even like right now.

[Megan Ashley]

It'S just like, you know, Lord, I.

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I want this one thing, but you are always doing more. You are always, you're always doing more. And I can imagine that Romans 8:18 is probably like I, and I understand.

[Megan Ashley]

What Romans 8:18 is like for the suffering of this present time doesn't compare.

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To the glory that will be revealed, the glory that will be revealed to.

[Megan Ashley]

Us, obviously, when Jes. The day of the Lord returning and all the things.

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But I can imagine that, that the suffering that she had experienced for 12 years, like, although it was bad and.

[Megan Ashley]

Although it hurt and all the things, I'm.

[Guest Speaker]

I'm assuming the joy and, and the, the exhale that she must have had when he heals her, gives her identity, gives her dignity and, and, and restores her in all the ways. I can imagine that that feeling of probably far past superseded the, the suffering and the pain. And so this healing that she gets, it. It's not just like her healing of her body, but the healing of her mind. Not being tormented of, like, what's wrong with me? Not being tormented in her physical body, not being tormented with not having relationships, so being, not being isolated. I can just imagine what all of the things that she was feeling in that moment. And again, Jesus didn't have to. Buddy did. And it shows his love and his kindness and his generosity and his gentleness and all of that. And for me, I'm looking at this and I'm like, wow, this is, this is such a beautiful reminder of how incredibly miraculous the gospel is that God sent his only son to die on the cross for us to become the perpetuation of our sins so that we could be adopted into the family of God. So that we are no longer slaves of sin, but we are daughters and sons of God. That we are in the family of God. That we are no longer identified by the things that have happened in our past or the things that we have suffered, or the things that, that people have done to us, or any of that. We're no longer ident.

[Megan Ashley]

Identified by that.

[Guest Speaker]

But now we are identified as sons and daughters of God. That is what's beautiful about the gospel. And, and, and that came such alive to me as I'm reading this story about the woman with the issue of blood. Again, when I am asking the Lord for encouragement in a, in a certain type of way, he's like, man, open up your word. It is full of, encourage, full of opportunities for you to be encouraged, full of stories and truths to encourage your heart. And I just, I look at this woman and, and, and I, I see. I can identify with some of the.

[Megan Ashley]

Things that she, that she is struggling.

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With or at least can have understanding on what that would be like in.

[Megan Ashley]

The context of my own life and my own struggles.

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But the main thing is, is that it points to how good and sovereign.

[Megan Ashley]

And faithful the Lord is.

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And then on the flip side of that, right, because the story isn't over, right? The woman with the issue of blood.

[Megan Ashley]

Is kind of the, kind of like.

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A beautiful interruption to what is happening at the beginning of verse 21 in.

[Megan Ashley]

Chapter 5, where again, Gyrus. It starts off with Gyrus needing a.

[Guest Speaker]

Healing for his daughter. And, and the reason why this, this was encouraging to me as well is because I can imagine that as j. As Jesus is sitting here and he's having this beautiful moment with this woman who has been suffering for so long here Gyrus is sitting on the side waiting, waiting for Jesus to finish up with this lady so that he can go heal his daughter. And I can imagine maybe some of the thoughts that were running through the, through his mind. First of all, this is a woman that Jesus is like, you know, women didn't.

[Megan Ashley]

They were.

[Guest Speaker]

They were secondary to men, right? So Jesus is making Jairus wait to talk to a woman. So I'm, and you know, just in general, in Jewish culture, Jesus making a.

[Megan Ashley]

Man like, basically like, you gotta wait.

[Guest Speaker]

Because he's Talking to this woman, I could just imagine all the things that are happening in his head. And not only that, like, as she's telling her story and it's revealed that she's been dealing with this for 12 years. I can imagine Jairus is thinking in his head. Then you can wait. Huh? You're. I mean, you've been waiting this long. Surely you can wait a little longer, right? You can wait 10 more minutes. You wait 10 more hours. You really could wait 10 more days because you've been. You've been going through this for 12 years.

[Megan Ashley]

My daughter is about to die.

[Guest Speaker]

It seems as if that is more urgent than this woman, but we have to remember who the main character is. The main character is Jesus. And it's no. It's no. It's no harder for him to. To heal Jairus's daughter than it is to raise Jairus's daughter from the dead. It's all the same to him. Jairus doesn't know that. Jesus knows that. And sometimes it's hard for us to remember that. This is why I love scripture, is because, like, Gyrus does not know this in this moment. He doesn't know that. But because we have this word, we can be reminded of that when we are impatient with the Lord, when we are sitting there waiting, when we're watching the Lord do for all, for everyone else, and heal people and bless people and. And promote people and favor people and do all the things that they are needing from Jesus. And we're sitting on the side, like, Jairus, like, come on. My issue seems more. My issue seems more urgent. I remember.

[Megan Ashley]

I remember being at the hospital with. With one of my friends and.

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And they were sick, and because I'm with somebody that I love and I.

[Megan Ashley]

Care about and who is my friend.

[Guest Speaker]

I'm just like, their issue seems more important obviously, to me. They're sick. And I'm like, I'm in that emergency room, and I'm like, you need to see them, like, now. And it seems like their. Their condition is urgent and. And you know it. There needs to be some urgency around getting them seen and all the things. And I remember just like, let me talk to the head nurse. I'm like, give me the head. I want to, like, let me talk to the head nurse. And so the head nurse comes out and. And she starts to explain the conditions and.

[Megan Ashley]

And how the.

[Guest Speaker]

The. The level of urgency she was. And she was like, though your. Your friend is. This is a. A urgent matter. It's just not as urgent as all.

[Megan Ashley]

These Other things, right?

[Guest Speaker]

And so sometimes I think that we can think of it. We can look at the Lord and how he's moving in our life and how he's moving in other people's life, and we can see our situation and think that our situation is more urgent than something else. And we can be like God. Why are you not responding to me when my situation feels more dire, but you're responding to them when their situation doesn't seem as dire? But we have to remember who he is. And that's what I love about being.

[Megan Ashley]

On this side, right.

[Guest Speaker]

Of Scripture, is that we, we know who he is and we know that, that Jesus has power over death, hell.

[Megan Ashley]

In the grave, right?

[Guest Speaker]

Like he has resurrection power. And so it is, no, it is not harder for Jesus to raise the dead than it is to heal your broken heart, to, to get you a new home, to get your children saved, to, to mend a relationship, to get you married, if that's his will. Like, nothing is hard for Him. Nothing is impossible for Him. It's just a matter of his will being done. Because at the end of the day, Jesus is always after his glory. He's after his glory, period. And though your situation may feel urgent to you, the. The Lord is after his glory. And we don't see the full picture. Jairus didn't see the full picture. We have it now because we have scripture, but Jairus didn't have it in that moment. I'm sure he's sitting there like, listen, she can wait. My daughter's dying. And then as this lady is telling her whole story, because remember, scripture says she tells Jesus the whole truth, so she's giving her whole story. Here comes the people coming up to Jairus saying, hey, it's too late. Your daughter has died. Don't even bother bringing Jesus to the house. She's dead. I don't know what the look on Gyrus's face, but I do know that Jesus turns and looks at him and says, do not fear, just have faith. And I love how Tim Keller talks about this in one of his sermons, but he says that Jesus, in that moment, he was like, I can imagine Jesus in that moment is looking at Gyrus, but also looking at us and saying, do not fear, just have faith. This I am the same God that stopped the raging sea. I am the same one who cast out demons. I am the same one who healed the blind. I am the same one who healed this woman of a 12 year element moment. And I am the same one that can raise this Girl from the dead. That is the God that we serve. And so as I am looking at this story, as I'm reading through chapter five 21, all the way through 43, I am encouraged that God loves me, that he's not just looking to do one thing, but he's looking to make me whole. He's looking to touch my life in totality. He's looking to restore me in total. He's looking to, to give me love and comfort and peace and dignity. And he's looking to make sure that I, I know what my identity. Identity is. And it is as his daughter. I'm encouraged by that. I'm encouraged that, that I can sit and, and, and, and be patient with the pace and the time of, of God's timing. I can, I can, I can have faith knowing that God's timing is not my timing, but his timing is always good and it's always perfect. And that there are no delays in Him. And that everything that he does, he does to bring him glory, he does to bring Himself glory. And that although I might have to be patient, although it. That even my patience can feel like a suffering, I have to remember who it is that I'm waiting on. Yes, I am waiting. But who am I waiting on? The One who calmed the sea, The One who healed the blind, The One who healed the sick, the one who cast out legions of demons like I. That's the one that I'm waiting on. The One who has resurrection power, who has power over even death. That is the one that I'm waiting on. And he's always on time and he's always good and he's always merciful and he's always kind. This is the God that we serve. And so if you are in a season where you feel like you have been so hurt, maybe so, I don't know, tired, wounded. You've suffered so much, you've endured so much that you're just looking for God to do one thing. Let me encourage you. He's not just looking to do the one thing. He's looking to do all of it. He's looking to make you whole. Not just in one area, but in totality. He's looking to make you whole. Or if you're like Gyrus and you're looking at, at people being healed and people being saved from. From things and people being favored in ways and people being blessed in ways, and you're waiting on him to come heal your situation, come touch your situation. And he hasn't yet hold on to your Faith, don't give into fear. Remember who it is that you're waiting on, the one who has resurrection power. And ask the Lord. Lord, increase my patience. I am, I'm always reminded. I remember and I, and I know I talked to you guys about this episodes ago, but I remember wrestling with the Lord, asking and begging him to do certain things and I just don't, I, I just tired of, of dealing with this and I, and I want you to hurry up and fix this and I want you to do this and, and all the things. And I remember the Lord saying, megan, I was patient with you. You must be patient with me. You have to be patient. My timing is not your timing, but my timing is always perfect. And it's always, always to bring me glory, period. God's timing is always to bring him glory. To show you that he is God and he has power, resurrection power, power to heal, power to save, power to restore, power to, to, to do exceedingly, abundantly. Above all you could ask or think that is the God that we serve. And so if anything, I want this episode to encourage you to, number one, find encouragement in the scriptures. Go look at the history of our God and be encouraged by, by who he is, by his character and his nature. Know that when you think that you want one thing from God, he's always significantly going to give you more. It's not just the one thing, but.

[Megan Ashley]

It'S all the things.

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He's not just looking to touch one area. He's looking to touch your entire life. He's not looking to just fix that one thing, but he's looking to fix your entire heart and posture it towards him so that your life is all about him and all to bring him glory. I pray that you wrestle with, with whatever it is that you're struggling with, whatever it is that you feel disappointed in the Lord with, maybe you are, maybe you're impatient. Wrestle that out with the Lord. Wrestle it, wrestle with it. That's okay. Talk to him about it. But remember who it is that we serve. Remember who it is that you're waiting on and that he's always good, he's always kind, he's always holy, he's always sovereign. And he's always on time.

[Megan Ashley]

Always.

[Guest Speaker]

Even when it doesn't feel like it, he's always on time. And so I pray that this episode blesses you. I pray that it encourages you. Yeah. And I just, I, I pray that, that we will remember who it is that we are waiting on and it is the one who has resurrection power. I love you guys.

[Megan Ashley]

I'll see you next week.

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