Posted by Dena on February 17, 2003, at 21:20:29
In reply to Re: Miracles-Dena » Dena , posted by rayww on February 17, 2003, at 20:03:38
Hi Rayww!
I agree with you - when we take God out of the focus, He lets us. I've found that even with the best of intentions I can get myself into loads of trouble when I'm in the driver's seat! My question to you would be: why reinvent the wheel? Why take a secularized approach to healing & squeeze God in, rather than go to the original, which was designed by God? (I truly believe that this form of healing works because it's based on the way Jesus healed while He was here on earth - He healed then - and He still heals today).
I encourage you to check out the theophostic.com website. And the tape is definitely worth ordering (especially since it's free)! Theophistic Ministry (TM) counselors can either be laymen or professional, & they'll charge accordingly - I had no problem getting it covered by my insurance since my counselor was a LCSW. I've been trained myself, as a lay(wo)man, but God just isn't having me minister to anyone at this point. The cool thing about TM (& I DON'T mean transcendental meditation!) is that you don't have to go for counseling for very long; God is able to do in moments/days/weeks what it takes years to do in traditional therapy.
It's like the Biblical account of the two guys who lowered their crippled friend down from the roof so he could get right in front of Jesus, who healed him. The house & the surrounding crowd can be likened to all the clutter that gets in the way of our healing (i.e., denial, fear, repression, false beliefs, etc.). The friends are likened to the TM counselor in that they don't actually do any of the work, they just help their friend get into, & stay in, the presense of Jesus. Jesus does all the work Himself. He knows best what needs to be worked on first, & next, & next. And when He does the healing, it's deep, real & maintenance free (my favorite part)!
I believe that somewhere along the line (perhaps during the time of the "Great Enlightenment" when mankind started to think they didn't need God, or anyone else, to be in charge) we've traded the simple, direct, "inside-out" way in which Jesus heals for the more complicated, secular, "outside-in" way in which the recovery community approaches it. We've learned to lower our expectations, to settle for a long, hard, self-effort "tolerable recovery" that's a pale reflection of how we're meant to be healed. I mean, when Jesus healed the crippled man, He didn't say, "Pick up your mat and hobble around as best you can, one day at a time. You'll always be a cripple you know, but here's a crutch to use." No! He said, "Take up your mat and WALK." And he did because he could. And the blind guy - he didn't need glasses after he was healed... he could see! The Lord can and wants to heal us completely, and He will if we trust Him to, relying solely on Him and not on humansitic reasoning. In the Bible, He healed every single person who got into His presense and asked Him to. He didn't refuse any of them. Sure, there were still lots of sick, handicapped & mentally ill folks wandering around, but they didn't ask Him for healing. If they asked, He healed. I think the key is in getting out of the way (both the client & the counselor) & allowing Him to do what He does best.
I've taken a lot of slack from both the church & the recovery community. I've been accused of being delusional about my healing. We've ben so trained to accept only the "tolerable recovery" approach that most people don't have a file for healing. All I know is I once was lost & now am found, was blind but now I see. Praise God!
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