One-Aware
OPENING PRAYER:
God, thank You for never giving up on any of us. Help me see people the way You see them. Soften my heart before I even begin to pray. Amen.
“Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, ‘If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.’ Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition. Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, ‘Who touched my robe?’ His disciples said to him, ‘Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, “Who touched me?”’ But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. And he said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.’” Mark 5:24-34 (NLT)
REFLECT:
In the crush of a crowd, a woman trembling with twelve years of suffering reaches out and touches the hem of Jesus' robe. The disciples are baffled: "Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, 'Who touched me?'" To them, it was just a mob. But Jesus stops. He searches. He listens. He acknowledges her. Because Jesus isn't overwhelmed by the crowd—He is always aware of the One.
Again and again in the Gospels, we see the difference between how Jesus and His disciples viewed people. The disciples often saw crowds—nameless, faceless, overwhelming. Jesus always saw the One. He was "one-aware."
Several things prevent our one-awareness: the tyranny of the urgent, the bias of familiarity, the assumption of insignificance, and a focus on methods over people. The barista, the coworker, the neighbor—we interact with them daily but never really notice them.
Being one-aware isn't just a nice idea—it's a transformative way to live out our faith. Pray specifically each morning: "Lord, who is my One today?" Pay attention to interruptions—what we see as inconveniences may actually be divine appointments. Practice presence: put away your phone, make eye contact, ask deeper questions.
The woman with the issue of blood didn't just get physical healing when Jesus stopped—she got her dignity back. That's the power of one-awareness. It's not just naming a One; it's engaging. Ordinary moments become sacred. Interactions become invitations.
APPLY:
PRAY FOR YOUR ONE
- 1. Ask God to help you see one person today—truly see them—the way Jesus saw the woman in the crowd.
- 2. Pray that God would alert you to any "interruptions" this week that are actually divine appointments with your One.
- Ask for the willingness to slow down and be present enough to notice what your One needs right now.
I WILL STATEMENT:
I will pray and share my life with my one.
CLOSING PRAYER:
Jesus, help me see the people around me the way You saw the woman in the crowd. Slow me down enough to notice the quiet moments You want to use. Give me eyes for the one, even when everything around me is urgent and loud. In Your name, amen.
PRAYER REQUEST:
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CONTINUED READING:
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