LAST HOUR MIRACLE

Written By Pastor Leo T Mukumba

Mark 5:25-34: ²⁵ And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, ²⁶ and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. ²⁷ She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. ²⁸ For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” ²⁹ And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. ³⁰ And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” ³¹ And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ³² And he looked around to see who had done it. ³³ But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ³⁴ And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Introduction

As we come to the end of a year 2025, this month of December, many people might be frustrated, many might be celebrating, and many might be still waiting. We do not come all here celebrating victories but rather survival. Some carry with them unanswered prayers. Others have deadlines they couldn’t meet, promises they failed to keep, and hopes that seem deferred. There are believers who love God with all their hearts yet whisper in their hearts "Lord I don't know how much longer I can hold on." If this is where you are then it means that this message is not by chance or coincidence but rather a confirmation! 

The Word of the Lord says we serve a God who is never late. He does not consult calendars or bank balances or medical charts or human probability. God moves by divine appointment (Kairos) and not human timing (Chronos)! Heaven has its own clock, and that clock does not stop because pressure is increasing! When Scripture speaks of last hour, it does not mean that God is running out of time but rather human options have run out. It is the hour when doctors say we’ve done all we can; when savings are gone; relationships are hanging by a thread; doors are closed; strength has been depleted; wisdom has failed; courage is thin and hope feels like it has stopped breathing! Yet there, in exactly that place, God specializes in doing the impossible. Some miracles come early. Some miracles come along the way. But life changing and transformational miracles, the kind that redefine a life, often come in the last hour.

A GOD WHO INTERRUPTS DEADLINES

Mark chapter 5 is not just a record of miracles; it is a divine lesson in timing. Jairus comes desperate, pleading for his daughter who is “at the point of death.” This is urgent. Time-sensitive. Life or death. And yet Jesus stops. From a human perspective, this looks irresponsible. From heaven’s perspective, this is intentional. Hidden in the crowd is a woman whose life has been quietly bleeding away for twelve years. Twelve years of pain. Twelve years of shame. Twelve years of unanswered prayers. According to Leviticus 15, she is ceremonially unclean, cut off from worship, touch, community, and dignity. Her suffering is not only physical; it has affected her identity. She is known not by her name but by her condition! Scripture says she had spent all she had on physicians and only grew worse! Resources gone! Options exhausted! Faith wounded, but not dead! This was her last hour but something powerful happened in her last hour: faith refused to surrender.

FAITH THAT MOVES WHEN STRENGTH IS GONE

The woman does not pray a long prayer; she does not request an audience or demand attention, all she has left now is quiet determination: “If I can just touch His garment I will be made whole.” This was desperate faith, not careless faith, the kind that moves even when strength is gone!

She moves and presses through the masses, through the laws, through the shame, through the fear. In Jewish thought, her touch should have made Jesus impure. But heaven functions under a higher law. Her uncleanliness could not make Him dirty; His holiness overwhelmed her sickness. The moment she touched Him, the flow stopped. It was instant and tangible; her body was proof that something irreversible had changed. At that same instant, Jesus stopped! Virtue, dýnamis resurrection power, had gone out of Him. Everybody was touching Him but only one had connected. There is a difference between a touch and a connection. Faith is not proximity; faith is intentional reach. Many rub up against Jesus religiously; very few touch and connect with Him believingly. And then Jesus does something very important: He calls her forward.

FROM HIDDEN DELIVERANCE TO PUBLIC RESTORATION

She came fearful and trembling but confessed everything, not for His information but her transformation. He called her Daughter; this is the only time in the Gospel where He addresses someone with that name. The last hour does not just bring healing, it brings identity restoration! She came for healing but left with wholeness. She came unnamed and left affirmed. She came excluded and left embraced. She came broken and left commissioned. “Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Her last hour became a doorway into new life.

THE GOD OF LAST-HOUR MIRACLES

This is not one isolated story by any means; rather, it is a theme that runs throughout Scripture::

• 2 Kings 4:1–7 tells of a story of a widow who was about to lose her two sons to some creditors who they had borrowed money from. Her husband is dead. The creditors are coming to take her sons as slaves. This is her last hour economically and emotionally. Elisha asks, “What do you have in the house?” She says, “Nothing… except a little oil.” As she obeys in faith; the little oil becomes overflowing oil. She pays the debt and lives on the rest. God often waits until the last hour to show that He is the Provider, not the bank, not the system. She came with one drop of oil and watches it overflow until debt is erased.

• Luke 5:1–11 tells us of the Net-Breaking Catch of Peter. Peter has fished all night and caught nothing. He’s washing his nets, in our language, “closing the business for the day.” Jesus borrows the boat, teaches, then says: “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” Peter’s response: “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” At the end of his strength, at the edge of giving up, at the “last hour” of the shift, Jesus gives a miracle that sinks boats and breaks nets. Last hour miracles often come when obedience sounds unreasonable. Peter fishes all night and catches nothing, until obedience in exhaustion produces abundance.

• Luke 7:11–17 gives the story of The Widow of Nain. The widow’s only son is being carried to burial. No one prays. No one asks. Hope is buried. Jesus stops the procession, touches the coffin, and says: “Young man, I say to you, arise.” He sits up. The funeral turns into a revival service. Sometimes last hour miracles come even when we don’t have the strength to ask. Jesus moves because of rachamim – womb-deep compassion. Jesus is stopped by compassion, and death releases its hold and The Widow of Nain son is restored to life.

• Jairus’ Daughter – Mark 5:21–24, 35–43, While Jesus is still speaking to the woman, Jairus receives bad news: “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” (v. 35) The crowd says: It’s too late.Jesus says: “Do not fear; only believe.” (v. 36) He goes in, takes the girl by the hand: “Talitha koum” – “Little girl, arise.” When people say, “Don’t trouble the Teacher; it’s over,”Jesus answers, “I am not troubled by late cases.” A little girl pronounced dead hears “Talitha koum.”

• In John 11:1–44, Jesus hears Lazarus is sick, and delays. By the time He comes, Lazarus has been dead for 4 days. Martha says: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” (v. 21) Jesus turns the complaint into a revelation: “I am the resurrection and the life.” (v. 25) He calls, “Lazarus, come out!” and a decomposing body responds. Sometimes God lets things die so He can prove He’s not just a Healer, but the Resurrection. Lazarus decomposed for four days yet responds to a voice stronger than death! Your situation is going respond this voice.

God often waits until the only explanation left is Him, not because He enjoys delay but because He wants faith anchored in Him rather than outcomes.

WHY THE LAST HOUR MATTERS

The last hour strips false confidence away from pride and substitutes illusions of control. It is where we discover that faith is not trusting God when things are manageable—faith is trusting Him when nothing else works!Last-hour faith isn’t loud; it isn’t dramatic either. It’s resolute!

• It hears.

• It comes.

• It presses.

• It touches.

• It receives!

• t testifies!

Let me say that Last Hour Faith Has 6 Movements above

1. She heard about Jesus) (v. 27)

2. She came, behind Him in the crowd. She came Close to Him

3. She pressed through the crowd and her obstacles, elimination rules and shame.

4. She acted: “If I can just touch…” She touched His garment. She ensured she connected.

5. virtue flowed from Jesus. She received through faith. Faith receives 

6. She confessed and told him all the truth (v. 33).

Faith is a conduit; it’s the wire that carries heaven’s power into earthly situations. It doesn’t deny reality but confronts it with trust.

YOUR SITUATION IS NOT TOO LATE

Some situations are called expired as this year ends. But heaven does not agree with your calendar. The God who answered in Scripture answers still today! Healing still flows; doors still open; restoration still happens; deliverance is still real!

• Your last hour is not your last hope or episode!

• Just because people gave up doesn’t mean God has.

• Just because time expired doesn’t mean heaven is silent.

• Just because strength is gone doesn’t mean grace is finished.

THE FINAL LAP OF FAITH

Every marathon has its moment of silence. The crowd has left, the legs are too tired to feel anything, and there’s no more power to push forward. Only the pure will is keep us going and is one foot after another. That is not a sign of surrender but rather triumph, the last true proof of endurance. The finish line could be closer than it ever was! It a sign that we have cover long journey and almost reaching the final lap and finishing line.

Many believers reach this point when and where worship seems quiet, prayer feels burdensome, and faith appears thin. When they no longer have strength in them. Perhaps you are saying in your heart, "I'm not running anymore; I'm just surviving." Take courage; to survive means not to abandon. To endure does not mean failure. Every quiet step that you take forward is seen by God. Heaven has not gone silent toward you!!! God is still writing your story even in the silence! Let us cling to this promise from Scripture: “Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” And also: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” If you are weary, God is still faithful. If you are tired, grace is still flowing. Keep going; the finish line may be nearer than you think, and help is on its way! Scripture says that Jesus is not only the starter of your faith, He is also the Finisher. On the last lap, He comes up beside you and says, “I will run this with you.” The message here is not “try harder”; rather, it is to touch Jesus where you are, even if it be with trembling hands; even if it be from behind; even if it be your last strength.

Listen to Jesus say over you: “Your faith has made you whole; go in peace.” Peace in your body. Peace in your home. Peace in your future. You are coming out of this season not just delivered or healed but whole; not only restored but released; not merely delivered but dignified. This is your last hour and heaven is stepping in and limitations should be removed.