Afterward, we went into a room in the hospital to wait for the operation to be completed. But sooner than expected, the doctor showed up with a very concerned look on his face.
“I don’t know how to explain this,” he said, “but when I went in to remove the tumor, it wasn’t there. I could see the indentation where it had been, but the tumor itself was gone!”
Another way healing can be received is through the gifts of the Spirit, such as the word of knowledge, the word of wisdom, the gift of faith, the gifts of healings, and the working of miracles. Those gifts operate only as the Spirit wills though, so it’s best to go ahead and develop your faith for healing by feeding on The WORD. Then, rather than having to wait and hope for the gifts to manifest, you’ll be able to receive healing anytime you need it.
Time To Grow Up
It’s also wise to go ahead and develop your own faith because the gifts tend to manifest most often for the benefit of unbelievers or baby Christians. More than once, I’ve even heard ministers say, “I wish we could get all these Pentecostal old-timers to go ahead and receive so they could get out of the healing line. Then we could pray for some other people and get some miracles!”
It took me a while to understand that. But I eventually realized that spiritually, just as in the natural, there comes a time when Christians need to grow up. A time when they need to learn to believe God for themselves rather than always relying on the pastor to minister healing to them.
Too many, though, never get to that point. Instead, they just complain: “I used to get healed every time Pastor prayed for me back when I first got saved, but not anymore. Maybe Pastor has lost the anointing.”
He hasn’t lost the anointing! You’re just too big for him to carry you anymore. You’ve been born again and have heard The WORD long enough that when the devil starts trying to put sickness on you, instead of calling the pastor, you need to reach for your Bible, get the healing scriptures in your heart and in your mouth, and put the devil to flight.
“But that sounds hard, and you said Jesus is easy to receive from.”
He is, but to stop the devil from stealing what Jesus has given you, you have to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). You have to take the sword of the Spirit, which is The WORD of God, and resist the devil until he flees from you (James 4:7).
The devil will flee from any believer who stands by faith on The WORD!
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