“Push-Through” is a saying that I grew up hearing. It was immensely valuable and still is today. To me, it carries encouragement and challenge. Let me ask you a question. How do you approach God? If the Old Testament teaches us anything, it is that there is a right way to approach God. And, the New Testament echoes it. Clearly, in the OT this would seem to happen by purity laws and sacrifices, but what we know the New Testament does not focus on these works? Instead, a connecting theme to both testament, and the through behind the idiom to push-through, is faith. Faith is the thread, from Abraham to Christ today.
Let’s look at two individuals who had to approach Christ in faith in their most desperate hour. In Luke chapter, a man comes to Jesus to heal his sick daughter. Moved by the humility and hope of this man, Jesus follows him. However, a woman pushed through the crowd that surrounded these men. She was there for her own healing. Read the next passage to see what took place:
And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
Luke 8:46-50
Did you notice that both of these people are exhorted to have faith? Verse 49, “Daughter be of Good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. Verse 50, “Fear not: believe only and she shall be made whole.” Faith from the Greek word πίστις (pistis), and believe from πιστεύω (pistoue) are connected foundational.
The woman with the issue of blood, who was healed, had to push through a crowd to get to Jesus. It is a picture of what it is like to have faith. The man, Jairus, found out that his daughter died while he and Jesus were on their way. No doubt, the advice to not trouble Jesus seemed sound. But, the Lord said to him to basically push through the grief, shock, and fear. To keep believing and as we read on, she really was made whole.
You need to push through. Keep your faith in Christ. Romans 10:9-14 talks about salvation and makes the statement, “whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” Hebrews 11:1 reminds us, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Even during the most challenging situations, we need to keep the faith and push through. Living as though Scripture is true and God is really real.
Jeremy Kamer Ministries 