The Gospel of Mark reports that when Jesus arrived in the region of Gennesaret on the Sea of Galilee, people ran throughout the area and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.  “They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.” (Mark 6:56)

It doesn’t take much to get a response from Jesus.  He and God the Father have great love for us.  They are waiting for us to invite them into our lives in any manner of ways.  In this Gospel passage all they had to do was touch the edge of his cloak. 

The smallest action on our part can secure a response.  Whatever that action may be, if it evidences a desire to move toward Jesus and seek his help, he is waiting to respond.  Earlier in Mark’s Gospel there is the report of a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years and came up behind Jesus in a large crowd and said, “’If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.’  Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.”  (Mark 5:25-29)

In a similar way, regardless of whether you are a practicing Christian, the slightest move toward Jesus will likely beget a response from him.  There is the famous painting of Jesus knocking on a door with no handle.  When the artist was asked why he did not include a handle, he said that the door could only be opened from the inside.

Jesus wants us to open the door of hearts to him, but the door can only be opened by us.  He will not force himself on us but will respond to any gesture or the slightest move on our part. 

Are you willing to make the slightest move toward Jesus for a need in your life?