Just a thought.
If I needed someone to build a house, would God – my provider – just miraculously put the foundation and then the bricks and other stuff together so that the house would be ready for me? Why did God ask Noah to build the ark, surely God could have done it Himself?
I ask this question because I am aware of some people who are suspicious of anything man-made, like the man-made intervention offered by the medical profession. So if you have a headache, you should just pray about it, because God is your healer and if you trust Him, He will heal you. No need for paracetamol, no need to consult the doctor, because that means you are putting your trust in man and not in Him.
Let me say, here and now, I believe in and am a recipient of God’s healing. I suffer from asthma and know from experience times when I’ve been seriously short of breathe without my usual relievers and He has healed me. There have been other ailments and other examples of His rescue for me and for others. When I read of the supernatural healings that Jesus and His disciples carried out I have no reason to believe that this is not happening today among believers. I have every reason to believe that His disciples today are still carrying out these acts and there is every reason to believe that we can see that in our day and age.
I can believe that – and still maintain that to hold such a sceptical opinion of ‘man-made’ medical services as being contrary to the will of God is rather bizarre and can be irresponsible. I am obviously not an advocate of being a hypochodriac and would heartily agree that some have seen the advances of science almost as the next religious thing to slavishly follow. That is not helpful whether you’re a believer or not. I don’t see the medical profession as such a vaunted hallowed one that must be revered and has all the answers. I’m intrigued by those who explore ‘natural’ remedies and the like. It’s a fascinating thing to consider.
In all that, the thing to do when it comes to healing is not to rule out any of the routes within which He can heal. Maybe through the doctor, maybe through the surgery, maybe through the tablet, maybe through the massage, maybe through prayer, maybe through the laying on of hands, maybe through one or a combination of the above, maybe through something else – something ridiculous like taking seven dips in a mucky river. (Ha! As if that could ever work, eh Naaman.)
Just a thought.
Carry on. (Nurse.)
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
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