When we are ill and physically hurting bad it’s hard for us to believe God is around. It’s hard to believe He cares that we are suffering so. But, He does. A while back, I was suffering from some kind of wicked flu germ, a backache from lifting a lawnmower, and if this wasn’t enough pain, I had a toothache to contend with. I was really suffering let me tell you! Nothing I could do or take seemed to offer me any relief. I told my wife to just shoot me and put me out of my misery. She would not!
All the while I suffered; I remembered one of my own bits of advice I have given others in the past…”When there seems to be no hope, turn to God.” I did. However, I was so uncomfortable with all that was going on in my body at the time I didn’t want to do anything, not even get my Bible and read the Scriptures for my healing. So, I asked my wife to read God’s Word to me. She read; (Psalm 103:3) “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits – who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases” (John 14:11-13). “Believe Me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves…and I will do whatever you ask in My name.” And, (Matthew 6:7) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
I wanted to believe what my wife Sally was reading to me; nothing else was helping my pain! I prayed, “Lord, let it be so”…the peace of Jesus came over me, and I fell asleep. This morning, the third day, I am feeling much better! There is still a little discomfort in my stomach. My back still hurts a little, but my tooth isn’t bothering me at all! Praise God. I am healed.
God determines the healing He gives us. He promises He will never allow us to endure more than we can stand. I am thankful I believe in a merciful, generous God who still heals!
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