Turnaround

Title: turnaround. Why? When I came to Christ, I had to make a turnaround in my life. I am in the midst of a turnaround church, and Christ is still at work turning me around to following Him more closely.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

God's will part 5

Let’s get down to the issue. Praying for God’s healing involves much more than what many of us are willing to give. So we then pray God’s will and we don’t have to do much else. Oh we pray, and some even pray a lot, but we don’t pray in faith. We really don’t believe God can do what we’re asking. Or maybe somehow we’re just not worthy of receiving. That’s pious gobbly-gook. None of us are worthy, so get over yourself.

Let’s start getting passionate about “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” If there is no sickness in heaven, why would we ever accept that sickness is the “will of God” here on earth? You can argue all you want about sickness, and that good people haven’t received healing and have died, God doesn’t always heal, etc. All of that is true. But think about this. We’re arguing from our experience, not from Scripture. Does our experience nullify the truth of the Scripture? The Bible says that God wishes all men to come the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, but not all do. Does that, therefore, mean that salvation through Jesus Christ is not true?

It is a fact that not all are healed. In my own prayer time, more have not been healed than have been healed. Do I then give up? That’s what too many of us do. Which goes back to my earlier writing, we then claim “God’s will”, and cease from fervent prayer, or from prayer that is said in faith.

The Scripture says you and I can pray down on earth as it is in heaven. “Lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” Jesus said on many occasions, “Your faith has healed you.”

We superimpose our experience onto the Scriptures rather than letting the Scripture form our theology and belief system.

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