I have been thinking a lot lately about healing. I know healing comes in many forms and at different times, but I have been wondering why some people are healed from things and others are not. I know it's all about God's glory and I know God has a plan and a purpose for everything in our lives, but still I wonder "Why" these things happen. When I think of all the times Jesus healed someone in the Bible, it often was because of their faith. How much faith exactly is "great faith"? If I am praying for healing for myself or a friend and I feel like I have great faith in His power, why doesn't the healing come? Is my faith not enough? Does it have nothing to do with my faith and everything to do with God and His timing? Is it a combination of both?
We had a discussion at work awhile back about the power of our words and how we can keep from getting sick if we tell ourselves we won't...I do believe that what we say and think influences our beliefs and our choices...but I am not sure how this actually works. I can tell myself I am not going to get sick, and I can pray to God and ask Him to keep me healthy, but what is to be said when I get sick? Would it be due to my doubt, whether I realize I was doubting or not? Is it just a part of God's plan? I have been sick with a cough and laryngitis for a week and now have had a fever that won't go away. I pray for God's healing and for the restoration of my health...I believe it is coming and I rest in God's timing and plan. Maybe that is the point. Maybe there is no magical word or prayer to be said to prevent me from ever being sick or to heal me instantly. Maybe the point is that it draws me closer to Him and causes me to have a deeper trust and faith in Him.
With those last two sentences...I think you've got it. There is no magical prayer or word. God isn't a Magic 8 ball.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you can keep yourself from getting sick by saying you won't get sick. To me, that sounds a lot like the prosperity gospel and not at all like Jesus.
I think our words matter and we can speak blessings or curses, but our words don't control God. If so, when Jesus asked for the cup to be passed from him...it would have been passed.
Remember the time when there was the boy who was blind and the people asked if it was because of his sin or the sin of his parents? And Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him" (John 9).
Drawing you close...abiding in Him...sick or not that's the place to be.
thanks Jessica! your words blessed me and met me right where I needed!
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