Can it Really be True?

The Lord very clearly is at work around us, and in us. He has promised to heal...and yet we know not everyone will be a recipient of that healing. There have been many times in my life where I have had to question "what sin is standing in the way of my healing?" And sometimes I feel that nothing is, but I'm still not getting better. And there have been times where I beg for mercy, and God readily replies with a resoudning YES! and I feel better within hours. There is no science to when or how to ask for healing...but there is FAITH.

There was once a woman of great faith who had been bleeding for many years (some of you know this story if you've read it in the Bible). Jesus was surrounded by people, shoulder to shoulder, crowded in by sweaty, anxious men, women, and children from all walks of life. And in this moment, we see this bleeding woman reach out and merely touch the cloak of the Savior. He feels the power leave him and turns to see who it was. The humble woman looks up at him from weary, anxious, tearfilled eyes, and receives a resounding YES..."Your faith has healed you," He says. WOW! There are so many more stories like this one in God's word. But it does NOT stop there.

GOD TV has been broadcasting a Healing Revival in Florida for months now. Some of you may have seen it, and some may not even know what the heck I'm talking about. But it has been incredible! I will not deny my human skepticism when I see someone rise, shaking and "convulsing in the Spirit," I have learned to look at these people with great faith and awe. God is a God of the impossible! And if we limit our faith and limit our own prayer life, we will not see His mighty hand at work.

My mother is a blessed example of heart-felt praise and faith...and when I see her eyes well up with tears of joy over one of His precious children being healed, I am rendered speechless because of my own puny faith. I feel the need to immediately experience it myself so I too can believe in His miraculous healing power. But that most certainly is not the need...the need lies within my need to believe PERIOD! He is who He says He is. Most recently, I received an email, with photos, from my mom of a friend of hers who was paralyzed in an accident. My mother, at the time, told this woman she would be praying for healing and that she would one day see her walk again. The email depicted a beautiful, smiling woman standing with little support from a walker...and each photo that followed showed her taking one more step, one more step...she is WALKING! The joy and excitement in my mother's voice when we spoke on the phone was so chilling that I wanted to run and tell everyone the good news.

So why is it that I find it so hard to believe...to ask for healing for others or even myself? Sure, God may choose to NOT heal, and in that, we must trust that He has a greater purpose and a higher calling. But He most certainly can and most certainly DOES still heal! Can it really be true? Oh, Yes, Lord, it really IS true!