Act in Faith as God leads You

When He said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. – John 9:6-7

You may wonder, What should I do to act on my faith?

Don’t do something because it worked for someone else. Let God show you how to act in faith.

Jesus spit in the dirt, made clay of the spittle, put it on a blind man’s eyes and said, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam.” (John 9:6,7.) But He didn’t tell anyone else to go dip in that pool. Jesus gave people a whole variety of instructions for acting on their faith.

I had a friend who was waiting for God to heal him from severe sugar diabetes. He heard of someone who had thrown away his insulin, so he thought, That’s my step of faith! If I throw away the insulin, God will have to do something. But the man almost died! He tried to make something happen instead of acting because he believed God had already healed him.

Another time, I traveled for a summer with a group that included two people who had sugar diabetes. I watched these people throughout the summer. They had to check the amount of insulin they needed every day. Every time they checked, they said, “Thank You, Father. I believe I’m healed by Jesus’ stripes. Glory to God!” Then they’d take whatever insulin they needed.

The insulin wasn’t healing these two people; it was just keeping them alive. A week or so later, they’d need a little bit less insulin. They’d take whatever insulin they needed, but they’d always say, “Thank God, I believe I’m healed.” Over a period of about three months, I watched both of these people get healed of diabetes. By the end of the summer, neither one of them needed any insulin!

So let God teach you what you need to do to act on your faith. Then obey Him and be healed!

CONFESSION:

God shows me how to act in faith, and I follow His instructions and praise Him because His Word is true!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999