Yesterday I shared the testimony of how God healed me twice from anxiety, once instantly, which did not last because I didn't draw nearer to Him, and the second time by showing me the power and influence of His word over my life. I did this for a couple reasons, one to show that God can heal immediately, but will often have us walk through a process for our healing so that we are equipped to stand against the enemy, and two to give hope to those who feel like their prayers aren't being answered because they are still struggling with anxiety, for those who want to give up because the answer wasn't immediate or clear. For those who don't understand why they aren't being healed, despite praying.
In today's world of instant gratification, God's way of bringing us thru a problem sometimes seems unfair to people. I have had people tell me that, that if God can heal why are they still suffering, that they have prayed, claimed, and received with no results. They don't realize that sometimes it's in the learning of God and being obedient to Him that we are healed. It's in learning to rest in Him that we find what we are seeking. This is what I wanted people to see in my testimony yesterday, that it was in the seeking of Him, and trusting in Him that I was really healed. But also that it took time for this to happen, there was a process of learning that I could trust God and that His word was true.
Thinking about what I am telling you here I was reminded of the man born blind that Jesus healed in John 9. Jesus could have very simply touched and healed this man, but instead he made mud with his spit and placed the mixture on the man's eyes, then told him to wash it off in the pool of Siloam. When the man did what the Lord said in obedience, he was healed, and later testified to Jesus's miracle. It wasn't that Jesus couldn't have healed the blind man there, we know He could have. Doing as Jesus said though was an act of faith and obedience, it was an act of trusting God and once he showed that trust by his obedience he was healed. The blind man had what he needed to get well then, but if he hadn't obeyed, trusted, and believed he could have sat there all day with mud on his eyes and never seen, or could have washed his face somewhere else, and lost his miracle. This is what happens to a lot of us, we pray and pray for healing, but we don't follow through with what we need to do to be healed, we don't seek Him and form a relationship, instead we sit there with mud on our eyes wondering when God will step in so we can see.
The last couple days I have felt it's really important for people to hear this, that there are many who need to know that it isn't that God doesn't care or doesn't want you healed, it's that He wants you to seek Him intimately, to apply His word to your life in obedience and in doing so you will be healed. Not only will you be healed though, but strengthened to stand against it in the future, because you have leaned on God and let Him teach you to overcome. You have let Him teach you how to use the sword of truth (His word) to battle lies, to tame the flesh, and have built on a solid foundation so that you won't be blown away in the storms. I hope this blesses someone today, that it touches them to seek the Lord in His word and build the relationship that is open to them. Be Blessed brothers and sisters.
Deuteronomy 6:18
And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers
Psalm 103:2-4
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Proverbs 4:20-22
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
Isaiah 1:19
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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