Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Cop-Out?

It's so easy to take my revelation [see "Greater than These"] and make it a cop-out for God. "Well," I catch myself thinking, that's why I'm not seeing healings. God's working on saving lives." But implied in that statement is a justification for why He's not healing when I wish He would. The opposite is true. A saved life is far better than a healed body. God is accomplishing something far more powerful and good than I could possibly imagine, and He does it every day.
But there's even more. When God touches people, He often heals their body as well. Stress and stress-related ailments melt away. Chronic pains lift. Peace cures a variety of physical problems. The healing is a manifestation of the cure, and it's not wrong to expect those as well. It's just important to keep things in perspective.
My revelation isn't an excuse for me to decide God's working even though I don't see His power. It's a call to get down on my knees and pray for the right miracles - the ones that will permanently change the destiny of man, not merely make him feel good.

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