God IS a healer...first hand
Well, i came into the room and of course no one was there to pray with (i had a feeling that it would be that way). i new that the Lord was going to reveal Himself as a healer. And i was wondering what the rest of the people would think...so it was just convenient that no one was there. So i sat down and opened the Word to let God speak to me. I opened up to the passage (Luke 18) where the lady keeps knocking on the door. She is persistent...At the beginning of the passage it starts with "Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart." ...well God has definitely been teaching me the importance of prayer esp. consistent prayer. i've always wanted to acquire a heart for getting up in the morning and interceding for the hearts of the lost and friends/family. But i have a really hard time dragging myself out of bed in the morning. At the end of the passage it asks this question: "...However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” wow. that spoke to my heart just what i needed to hear. i've been in prayer a lot as of late, and sometimes i wonder if i should keep praying for the same thing over and over again. Question answered. My prayer (and it's weird that i am asking God to give me this, but) my prayer is that i would have a hunger and thirst to be enter into the Lord's presence. Maybe one day i will be able to jump out of bed EVERYday, ready to get on my knees before the Lord. But for now...i will continue. Be persistent. Never give up. Fight the flesh - fight the sleep that creeps over my body. Die to the flesh - i am alive and walking in the SPIRIT!
Well that was encouraging, but my cold was still very present (that i was secretly hoping that the Lord would heal). I had not forgotten that God was going to reveal Himself as a healer. I couldn't breath out of my nose (annoying, yes). I kept reading in Luke 18 and the passage went on to talk about accepting the kingdom of God like a child. So i told myself...if i was a child and someone told me that God could heal me if i asked Him to, i would accept it at face-value and do it - pray with the faith of child. no doubting. Now, there have been times in my life that i have struggled in faith, but that afternoon i was confident that God would heal me if i asked. So i placed my hand on my swollen gland...and prayed in the name of Jesus that I would be healed. i don't think i have even felt more stupid in my life. I'm not exactly sure what the Bible says about praying healing over "yourself" but i thought it was worth it. i remember getting done praying and kinda disappointed that my gland was still as big as ever and i could only breath out of one-half of my nose. What a downer...i felt really silly and decided i should pray for people (other than myself). So i sat in silence before the Lord and as He gave me names, i lifted them up in prayer. I was interceding for one of my dear friends, when God gave me a word for her - "horn of salvation." Weirdest thing is, at that very moment she walked in the ROOM! i'm not even joking. So we started talking and chewing on what exactly the "horn of salvation" means...and sharing our hearts with one another and began to ask God to give us gifts of prophecy. Ok, now, you may be wondering were in the world did that came from? But it was totally a Divine appointment from the Lord. now that i think about it, totally cool that we would pray for prophecy because i feel like speaking God's word through prophetic prayers/words of knowledge is like having God as the "horn of our salvation"...the intimidation factor on the front of a rhino...the declaration of a chosen plp...not keeping God hidden...i was so encouraged and refreshed in that moment - it was like the Lord had breathed on me and i felt the warmth of the Holy Spirit fill the place. i had my eyes closed and for a moment the Lord spoke and said look up. As i lifted my eyes (we were on the second story) i glanced upon a guy walking across the street down below. He saw one of his buddies in a car stopped at the light and did one of those "two-fingers-pointing-to-my-eyeballs-back-to-yours" kinda things. Then God spoke - "you have your eyes fixed on me."
As i left...i took a breath of the fresh crisp autumn air. WAIT. i took a breath through both of my NOSTRILS! unbelievable! God cleared them up!
...once again i stand in awe of my Savior.
Well that was encouraging, but my cold was still very present (that i was secretly hoping that the Lord would heal). I had not forgotten that God was going to reveal Himself as a healer. I couldn't breath out of my nose (annoying, yes). I kept reading in Luke 18 and the passage went on to talk about accepting the kingdom of God like a child. So i told myself...if i was a child and someone told me that God could heal me if i asked Him to, i would accept it at face-value and do it - pray with the faith of child. no doubting. Now, there have been times in my life that i have struggled in faith, but that afternoon i was confident that God would heal me if i asked. So i placed my hand on my swollen gland...and prayed in the name of Jesus that I would be healed. i don't think i have even felt more stupid in my life. I'm not exactly sure what the Bible says about praying healing over "yourself" but i thought it was worth it. i remember getting done praying and kinda disappointed that my gland was still as big as ever and i could only breath out of one-half of my nose. What a downer...i felt really silly and decided i should pray for people (other than myself). So i sat in silence before the Lord and as He gave me names, i lifted them up in prayer. I was interceding for one of my dear friends, when God gave me a word for her - "horn of salvation." Weirdest thing is, at that very moment she walked in the ROOM! i'm not even joking. So we started talking and chewing on what exactly the "horn of salvation" means...and sharing our hearts with one another and began to ask God to give us gifts of prophecy. Ok, now, you may be wondering were in the world did that came from? But it was totally a Divine appointment from the Lord. now that i think about it, totally cool that we would pray for prophecy because i feel like speaking God's word through prophetic prayers/words of knowledge is like having God as the "horn of our salvation"...the intimidation factor on the front of a rhino...the declaration of a chosen plp...not keeping God hidden...i was so encouraged and refreshed in that moment - it was like the Lord had breathed on me and i felt the warmth of the Holy Spirit fill the place. i had my eyes closed and for a moment the Lord spoke and said look up. As i lifted my eyes (we were on the second story) i glanced upon a guy walking across the street down below. He saw one of his buddies in a car stopped at the light and did one of those "two-fingers-pointing-to-my-eyeballs-back-to-yours" kinda things. Then God spoke - "you have your eyes fixed on me."
As i left...i took a breath of the fresh crisp autumn air. WAIT. i took a breath through both of my NOSTRILS! unbelievable! God cleared them up!
...once again i stand in awe of my Savior.
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