I took the role, and at the end of the shoot, after a day of laughter and fun, I finally told Taffi about the diagnosis. My wife was a champ. She looked at me and said, “OK, what’s the plan?”
“The plan is what it’s always been,” I replied. By His stripes I knew I was already healed, and I had no doubt the healing would manifest. What I didn’t realize was that during the experience I would gain a deeper understanding about healing, rest, spiritual authority, the love of God and how they all work together.
Revelation No. 1: Rest—the Work Is Done
After I told Taffi about the diagnosis, I got to work. I went to the other side of our house and began to meditate on and confess the Word. While one part of me focused on the Word, the other part fought to remain in a place of rest. My body had yet to manifest my healing. In essence, I had to believe against—or in spite of—my body. I learned firsthand that it’s one thing to say something is true, but it’s another to believe so strongly in God’s faithfulness and the integrity of His Word, that one lives in a place of rest—confidently relying and trusting in Him.
If I had stayed focused on the doctor’s report, I would have strengthened my faith in the cancer more than I would have strengthened my faith in the healing that had already been provided for me.
Instead, I walked up and down the hallway, saying, “Thank You, Jesus.” Thanksgiving allowed me to stir up my faith and get to a place of rest. I also began meditating on the Word and spending even more time in God’s presence. All of these proved important elements to entering into rest. It wasn’t a matter of God healing me—He had already done that. I was merely laboring to enter into rest so the healing could manifest.
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