Mark 5:25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 28 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” 

 The woman with the issue of blood is applauded for placing her faith in Jesus. And she should be. But if you look at the text, faith wasn’t the woman’s problem. The woman’s problem was where she placed her faith.

Twelve years prior to Jesus, the woman placed her faith in physicians. We know this because she spent all she had hoping the physicians could heal her body. The woman was not healed until she placed her faith in Jesus.

This is true today with some of us. Our faith may be misplaced. 

Some of us have recently graduated from college and we believe our degree will help us get a better job. Our faith shouldn’t be placed in that degree. Our faith should be placed in God because God is responsible for promoting us to a better employment position (Ps. 75:6-7). Some of us desire a house, but we’ve placed our faith in having good credit before getting a house. Our faith shouldn’t be placed in good credit. Our faith should be placed in the favor of God aligned with the Word of God which states He (God) will give us houses that we did not build (Deut. 6:10-11). 

Other examples of misplaced faith include vitamins to stay healed, owning a gun for security/protection, and exercising to live longer.

It’s time to redirect our faith back to God and God alone. He may instruct us to obtain a degree or pay off our debts to obtain good credit, but that shouldn’t overshadow our faith in God. Let’s place and keep our faith in God.