All of the Above: Healing and the Word of God

This week we have looked at the connection and the similarities of how we receive the word of God and healing. We saw that healing can come instantaneously much like a revelation from God's word. We saw that healing can arise over time much as our understanding increases as we are in meditation in God's word. Healing can also occur through separation as we "hate what is evil and cling to what is good".

The last way I want to share with you is the combination of all of the above.

I suffered a back injury my senior year in high school. I tore the muscles that connected to my hip and pelvis leaving me unable to lift anything without meticulous attention to how I picked it up. I couldn't run or jump into activity without serious consquences.

Of course I prayed for healing and forgiveness for not paying attention to how I did things. My doctor said I should be reconciled to never being able to function as I had before. That was the one thing I decided not to do.

My years of college were filled with special physical education classes designed to rehab my back and restore myself to normalcy. I had a special weightlifting class designed for me. I had a swimming regimen to strengthen my back without the stress of other exercise programs. I was the sole male member of the ballet class. I meditated and practiced every thing I knew to do to restore my broken back.

Everything I tried resulted in no visible progress. I was careful in how I approached any activity. I separated myself from any jerky movements or poor form I may have used in the past. I wanted to be ready to perform normally when God healed my back.

In seminary, I sought God in every way I knew how. I was a United Methodist student, attending a Southern Baptist seminary, and going to an Assembly of God church. I wanted to go and do whatever I could that would put me in the place God was moving.

Finally, one Sunday morning the revelation came. "Today is the day" for your healing I heard in my spirit. I thought out loud, "God, I don't think it's going to happen anywhere I've been going." I opened the phone book and closed my eyes. My finger came to rest on this church listing: Trinity Church on Seatonville Road and that's where I went to church that day and that's where I was healed!

Hold steadfast in your faith. Combine everything you know to believe and do and wait on the Lord. God will renew your strength. The revelation will come and so will your healing.