My Musings

I have been pondering and musing on "healing" and "God's healing" a lot the last few days. I know God heals...the Bible says He is our healer. But what have been on my mind and in my heart are questions...why is it that God heals some quickly, others it seems to take a long time? why are some healed here on Earth, and others are healed when they pass from this world into heaven? I know God's timing and His will, plans and purposes are perfect. God is sovereign and He is glorified in all He does.

In my humanness I want the healing to come instantly. When I pray many times for a friend (or myself) who is sick or has a disease and they still are sick, I know God has heard me. I know He is answering. I know He is working and healing. I have faith and trust God and His timing. It is just not always easy. "I believe, help me in my unbelief."

I want to share something I read, posted by my dear friend, Beck Hofseth, whose son, Daniel is fighting LEMS. I have written about him before and I am continually praying for him and his family. He was diagnosed with LEMS in April of 2010. I used to get frustrated and wonder what God was doing...what He was waiting for...why He hadn't healed Daniel...then I read the following post by Becky and it totally changed my perspective...

"I continue to read on the subject of healing. Last night’s reading brought new light on the story of Jesus healing the blind man. With it came the reminder to avoid an “all or nothing” view of praying. Piper writes, “One time Jesus took a blind man out of town, touched his eyes and asked, ‘Do you see anything?’ Imagine that! He said, ‘anything,’ not ‘everything’? And in fact, the man could not see everything. He said, ‘I see men, for I see them like trees walking about.’ So Jesus touched him again. And Mark 8:25 says, ‘He was restored and began to see everything clearly.’”

Piper asks, “In praying for healing should we not be encouraged to break the ‘all or nothing’ habit and pray that today something powerful be done by God in the body of our loved one? And tomorrow something more? And the next day something more? If Jesus touched a man twice, should we not expect to touch the sick often before they are healed?”

“I am finding it helpful to see my prayers as God’s appointed injections of his healing power. And like many antibiotics, the dosage (of prayer) must be continued over time. Each prayer makes its contribution. An antibiotic pill is not an ‘all or nothing’ treatment. You keep on taking them ‘till the bottle is empty. And each prayer carries a measure of divine power—sometimes more, sometimes less, but always effecting ‘something’ good if prayed in faith.”

“So don’t let an ‘all or nothing’ mentality impede your perseverance. Pray for total healing and total salvation. But don’t prejudge God’s timing. Until the total work is done keep praying that God do ‘something’ today to help, and believe that he will. Always pray and don’t lose heart.” (The "All or Nothing" Impediment to Prayer, Piper)

This brought me great comfort and hope and helped me to focus my prayers and my heart to look for how God was working and had already worked. I need to keep my focus on all God is and has done in every thing I pray about, including healing. My search and study on healing has just begun and I will be sharing more of what I am learning...