just in one week alone, i’ve been hearing so many incidents of physical illnesses or rather different health conditions leading to pain or even life-threatening. Far too many , and i thought mine was quite bad (I shan’t elaborate here). The pain and agony brought me to a place of brokenness and desperation for God’s healing, and it was really a strengthening of my faith and bringing me to a greater breakthrough, having a greater awareness of who is He in my life. It didn’t turn out as bad as i expected, maybe coz i had too many worries, and everything turned out fine which i’m thankful to God for.
I guess many other stories that I have heard over the past week had cases of illness and sickness that have been much worse than mine. And i guess i wasn’t just happy enough to sit down on the fence, symphatize with them and do nothing. But an active person who is truly concern about the affected people’s lives would (1) first pray for them. They have not been pleasant but it has been rather hard on them. And i guess continual support and prayer would be beneficial. And i believe it’s even more than that, it’s about praying believing with faith that at the end of the day, the health of others will be fully restored, knowing that God is the healer over all. And i guess He’s teaching me how to pray for the people undergoing through this, feeling the burden they are going through and say yes Lord, use me to pray for them and impact their lives, supporting them all the way with His love and mercy. And yeah, it’s more than just sympathy, it’s going the extra mile for them and praying.
That at the end of the entire process, God is faithful and in control. And in the process, one’s faith is build up and God is exalted above all.
Just like the woman in the bible who was subjected to bleeding for 12 years didn’t lose hope and became desperate by touching Jesus’ cloak, and that was when it was on the basis of her faith that healed her. May we learn from her need to depend to trust God and be desperate for a breakthrough in life.
So got this from cheryl’s blog in regards to what ps bob sorge preached the previous wk about the spirit of faith -
it is easy to assume that no answer means no.
- it is just a delay. a delay in which He is crafting a story out of you to impact the future generation/others. (deliverance from eqypt)
it is easy to assume that if someone else is in some kind of prison, he must have done something really wrong.
- prison is just God’s accelerated program. palace without prison will ultimately lead to self-destruction. pruning before promotion. never waste a good prison sentence (joseph)
it is easy to assume that if someone is in a huge fiery trial, he must have alot of issues.
- He deals with you according to your cry. (between saul and david)
it is easy to assume that if someone remains in wilderness for a long time, they must not have enough faith.
- years in wilderness changes your appetite and what you ask for. authority bought in wilderness; used to enrich other generations (caleb)
it is easy to assume that fluctuating faith is disqualifying.
- faith is never static. the longer the delay, the stronger the faith. God looks at the trajectory. (abraham)
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see (even when all things don’t go well) – Heb 11:1
