Designs of the Heart

The knowledge possessed by man without deliberation and the ability possessed by him without having been acquired by learning is intuition. The intuitive faculty and intuitive knowledge are inherent qualities of the mind.

            The Bible gives us the parable of the woman who was suffering terribly for twelve years. In spite of being treated by so many doctors, she got no relief. She had spent all her money but instead of getting better she got worse all the time. She heard about Jesus and she came in the crowd behind him, touched his cloak and was healed. She did it because she had a feeling, ‘If I just touch his clothes, I will get well.’ At once Jesus knew that power had gone out of him, so he turned around and asked, ‘Who touched my clothes?’ It is then that the woman realized what had happened to her, so she came trembling with fear, knelt at his feet and told him the whole truth.

            While Jesus was passing through Jericho, the chief tax collector Zacchaeus tried to have a glimpse of Him. He was a short man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd. So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, ‘Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I will stay in your house today’. Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Jesus with great joy.

            In both instances given above, it was an intuitive reaction that proved to be immensely enlightening. Such strong feelings often urge us to transform them into action but most of us royally ignore them. Giving in to intuition has always proved to be beneficial to those who have the sharpness of mind or the ability to make quick, accurate judgement of people or situations. Accidents can be avoided and opportunities can be grabbed just by listening to this inner impulse. Age and circumstances are never an impediment to a person who is a go getter. The faith of the woman, who touched the cloak of Jesus, is really a great example for all the coming generations. Jesus was always crowded by his disciples and others. Yet, the lady pushed herself into the thronging crowd and showed the courage to touch his cloak without any hesitation. She never thought twice of being noticed by other people.

            Her faith was pure and it had the simplicity of an innocent child. She acted in accordance with her inner urge and was cured. Modern day living has robbed this simplicity from human life.

            Zacchaeus overcame his disability of height by climbing up a tree to see the great person, Jesus. The crowd was obstructing his view and so the solution sought in a jiffy took him up on the tree. His yearning to behold Jesus, the saviour, gave him unbridled joy. People at that time looked upon him as a sinner yet he was called by none other than Jesus himself and it was to his house that Jesus went

            A life that is just right does not consist in rigidly following one particular objective. Listening to the voice within is not out of fashion yet. A keen observation into the lives of all the great ones would divulge this acumen in them and their success to a large extent was grounded on it. All those whose achievement mattered in this world were go getters. To become like them, we need to be guided by the Lord. Even in our small lives we can hear the words of Jesus, ‘my daughter your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your trouble