Posted by bleauberry on December 13, 2012, at 5:28:36
In reply to spiritual healing...??, posted by rjlockhart37 on December 11, 2012, at 16:54:30
You touched upon a subject I deal with daily, and probably millions of people throughout history have asked the same questions as you.
I can share my own experiences. In the old days jesus did a lot of healing, but these days I don't see much of that. You gotta figure, nations that turn their backs to God, outlaw His name in schools and public places....is this God really supposed to just ignore all that and be a magic wand for anybody's desires? God stands for those who are loyal to His ways and those who seek Him. Seeking Him is not something we do once or twice, it is a frame of mind we are always doing it. We don't want to just invite God into our lives for healing, we want Him for every little detail in everything we do.
What I have found is that He gives me the wisdom to do my own healing. Call it coincidence, a book, a magazine, a goodle page, a word from a friend, whatever, anything....God works through mysterious ways to give us the wisdom we need. Ask Him for the wisdom to deal with your situation. We see a very finite small world....we just want healing....but Hw sees such a bigger picture we cannot even comprehend it. Sometimes I think God allows me to not get completely well for a purpose....He knows I stay close to Him that way, maybe I would drift away from Him if I was well. Maybe I would just get into life and have fun and He would slide into the background. Not good. So illness does have a good side....it allows us the opportunity to talk to God all the time and ask Him to take over the medical steering wheel instead of us. We still drive the car, He just points us in the right direction.
Sometimes miracle healings do happen. So keep praying, always. More than anything though, what we need is the wisdom.
In the end, none of it matters except clinging to Jesus, because when we leave this human experience on earth, we want to be welcome into His kingdom. How about a life of hell with illness, then to die and find out the hell continues forever and ever? Not. I want to be on the other side of that. All that matters to me in my life, is that when it is over, I got to a place that is perfect, no evil, no illness.
If someone believes in God, then by defininition they must also believe in Satan. You do know, the earth at this time is under the authority of Satan. That's where all the evil, illness, and chaos comes from. Bottom line....this is not our home so don't get too bogged down in its troubles. Pray for the wisdom to deal with it, and things will happen.
Bottom line, the purpose of life is to have a relationship with God. Period. That's it. The illness is one way of doing that. The illness will get better in the process.
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