Just a short report on one of the latest miracles that God has manifested Himself in.
Back in May I was prepping for my wife's mothers memorial. Those preparations included making sure that the dress pants, shirt, and jacket would fit then getting a haircut.
I have been going to this barber for several years and immediately struck off on a conversation in the direction of Christ. He too identified himself as a Christian which to me was a sign to "throw open the doors" and preach God in all His glory.
As I am on this blog I am in life so there is no limit to the imagination of what was discussed as topics throughout our relationship thus far.
Faith, miracles, healing's, signs and wonders, preaching of meat and other sound doctrine that is seldom touched by preaching now a days. At first he was quiet and over the years only offered cursory remarks to the conversations. But "God be true and every man a liar" he could only admit to a rather limited experience to the performance of faith or actual validity of the Bible.
Sound familiar?
Most Christians practice the same doctrine: I haven't heard that, seen that, or experienced that, so it must of at sometime ended. Sad epitaph of preaching today.
Having vigorously over the past engaged him in most of what I have written here I was ready to "prove" his faith and the faithfulness of God when he announced last August that he was going in for some serious tests having to do with intestinal and esophagus cancer.
That day I sat in the "chair of cogitation" and engaged him in another conversation of healing having to do with a woman that used to be in our home church that had MS. How having been put in the hospital for treatment (wheel chair ridden) as that her legs were failing her and therapy was to be made. We were coming up to our old home state for a reason that I cannot remember now and on our leaving our home we decided to swing by her house and deliver some salami we had made specifically for her (lacking cures because it aggravated her MS). As we came close to her area I called her to see if she would be at home so that we could drop off the product of promise. She said that she was at the hospital and gave us the room number.
We arrived there shortly and engaged in a conversation at her behest about her condition and what might have caused the flair up, then continued into God's Word and healing. When Elise and I set out on this journey we had no "anointing" as to prayer or outcome for her. We just knew that if we were to know God's will in this it would be by "being obedient" to the command to "go out", pray in Jesus name, and preach the Truth and the Truth will set free.
As she talked I could see that she was beset by much confusion over the who, what, when, where and why of faith and healing. She had a pen and pad to write down what might be said so that she could "remember" it for later. After she had made her points and doubts we prayed then "opened our mouths wide that God would fill it with Words", and "thinking not what to say before times but letting the Holy Spirit instruct us in what to say."
As utterance was made to encourage her and build her faith I noticed that she would say: "I never seen that in this wise" and start to write it down. At this point I stopped her from writing down the words we were speaking and instead to listen with her heart not her mind, thus entrance would be made into her heart and she would be "reminded of all things that Jesus said" by the Holy Spirit.
Note: If all you know of Scripture is what you have assessed with your mind then you know nothing as it is to be know. God's Word is Spirit and must be taught by the Holy Spirit, better put in this wise: "I will take your heart of stone and replace it with a heart of flesh, where in I will write my Word with my finger." Not of the mind but of the "finger" of God, not by carnal knowledge but "by Revelation of Jesus Christ."
Once we cleared that hurdle she leaned forward in her wheel chair and listened with her heart, not struggling to "hold on to what was said" but treating it as "real meat to be eaten by the Spirit".
Most of the "walls" I have encountered in many Christians seem to be about the question: "what is the real Truth about Scripture" and "what should I really believe?" Negating the "power" of "promise and command" with "how do I feel about that?" and "if it were true, why haven't I or any of my fellow worshipers experienced this?" They become the judge of Truth instead of being obedient to the Truth!
As I have said in the past and repeat again: "Let God be True and every man a liar", what is written is Truth whether or not "you or I" have experienced it. If the promise of God for signs and wonders has met an end then so has salvation, because He cannot fail, and He cannot lie. As He has said in His word: "if you break the least of these commandments you have broken them all!" He is bound by His Word as "He swore and shall not rescind", and "because there was no greater to swear by He swore by himself " making the oath unbreakable and eternal. Enough said.
Back to the woman........
All hurdles being cleared for the promotion of faith, with no other leading but the "command to pray" we humbled ourselves before our God and prayed in the name of Jesus for healing.
Upon the end of prayer we gave thanks then blessed and left.
Elise and I hadn't traveled very far when a text came in that she was standing out of her wheel chair and ringing for the aid to witness that she was able to walk on her own. Praise God who is the Savior and provider for all our needs. He loves to show himself "mighty" on our behalf. Thereby validating her testimony that she had been speaking during her stay.
Back to the barber:
Having shown all this forward to the barber I asked if he would mind that prayer be made for him an another man there waiting who had cancer with no hope of intervention of man.
We formed a circle in the shop and prayed "in the spirit" not knowing God's will.
Yesterday I went back for another hair cut and he announced that he was healed of his infirmities. The other man hadn't been back yet. The barber now has greater faith and God is good.
Summary:
You won't always sense the "anointing" to do the will of God, but you will always have the "commands and promises" to be obedient to.
You won't always hear the voice of God to "speak what you hear Your Father in Heaven saying" but you will always have the "commands and promises" to be obedient to.
You won't always be going down a path well traveled by yourself or others, not to fear if "it is written" than you should apply it.
You won't always know the outcome of what you pray for, but you will know it after you pray remembering that "it's Gods will you are seeking, not your own!"
Remember that do "everything in Love" (capital L in love because God is Love) for everything done in Love is done in God.
Remember that "to learn in your heart" the Word of God is to give God's Word it's rightful place.
The carnal mind will forget but the spiritual heart will always have the Holy Spirit to "teach us and remind us of all things that He (Jesus) has said and done."
Have faith children. Seek real meat in His Word. Eat bread that "the others know not of."
Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Love
J&E in Tn
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