Gospel writers record several incidents where Jesus touched people and other accounts where it went the other way. Now, touching Jesus is what our focal point is today. Whenever the Master touched someone, miracles followed. Physical touch is vital; studies show its absence can be life-threatening. We need human contact. Many years ago in hospital nurseries, it was standard procedure that newborns were not to be touched except in emergencies. Dr. John Holt observed an incredible proportion of infant deaths. He believed there was a link between the failure to touch and the high death rates. He reasoned that the will to live is directly related to the experience of being held and touched as an infant. Holt instructed neo-natal nurses to give “Tender Loving Care” to six infants five times a day, to hold and cuddle them, physically conveying love through touching. They rallied immediately. Now it is standard procedure that early on, within a few minutes after birth, infants are placed in the mother’s arms. They are held by the father and the attendant. Young people who grow up in homes where there is very little touching are often withdrawn in character and personality in adulthood, retreating into a world of fantasy, often expressing hostility to others and to society at large. But when young people are raised in homes with lots of touching, hugging, kissing, physical expressions of affection, they usually grow up to be open, warm, and secure. We need to be touched if our lives are to be all they ought to be. We have here a clue as to why God came and dwelt among us. He understood that we needed to be touched, not only by our mothers and fathers and those we love, but by God. We need to know His loving caress. So God became a man. He took on flesh and blood and dwelt in our midst. I believe also that God came in flesh to touch us because touch is the highest form of communication. Words are fundamental to communication. But there are times when words fail, when touch can communicate what the tongue cannot. I agree wholeheartedly with this point of view. Since physical connection is essential, isn’t spiritual touch equally, if not more, important? Absolutely! This week on Light on Life, join us for “Simple Keys to Touching Jesus for Miracles.”
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