The
More You Hear, the More You Believe
How then shall they call
on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of
whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? -Romans
10:14
Several years ago, I went
with a group of five other ministers to India to conduct a ministers’ seminar
for about 130 native ministers. Each of the six of us taught on a different
subject. I had it in my heart to teach on healing. I taught for three and a
half weeks, one hour every day. God dealt with me to teach most of the time on
the Atonement—what Jesus purchased for us on the Cross.
On the first day, different
ministers asked me to pray for their healing, but the Spirit of God wouldn’t allow
me to do it. I told them, “Not yet; we’ll do it later.” Each day, another
person would ask me to pray for him, and I’d say the same thing—“No, I can’t do
it yet.” I knew that if I laid hands on these ministers and prayed for their
healing, they wouldn’t receive. They didn’t know enough of the Word to have
strong faith, because they’d just begun to hear the Word on the subject of
healing.
The last day of the meeting
came, and I taught on healing one more time. Then the Lord spoke to my spirit, It’s
time to pray! But don’t you pray or lay hands on them. They are ministers, let
them pray for each other.
I obeyed the Lord, and when
the ministers finished praying for each other, I asked, “All right, how many
needed healing?” Many hands went up. Then I asked, “How many received
manifestations of your healing?” Hands went up again.
After these ministers had
heard the Word day after day after day, they were ready to receive. They could
hardly wait for me to finish the message so they could pray! They had heard the
Word, and their faith had grown strong. They were ready to receive.!
CONFESSION:
Faith rises up in me
when I hear God’s Word. I take time to hear His Word on healing, and my faith increases and grows stronger and
produces healing in me!
From: A Devotional for
Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999
No comments:
Post a Comment