By tradition, Mary should have been in the kitchen with Martha, but she sat at the feet of Jesus, and He commended her for it. The woman with the issue of blood shouldn’t have even been in the crowd, much less pressing her way to touch the hem of Jesus’s garment. But she, like many other women in Scripture, broke the rules to get to the next level in their lives.
Looking at the lives of various “rule breakers” in Scripture, Pastor Mia K. Wright challenges readers to push past the limitations they have placed on themselves, or that have been dictated by society or the culture, to reach their next level in God. The old saying is true: you can’t keep doing the same thing and expect to get different results. For those feeling stagnant, like their dreams aren’t being fulfilled or their goals aren’t being met, they may need to break out of the mold so they can reach that next level of faith, power, or service in the kingdom.
