Month: September 2020

Miraculous Healing

I serve a miracle working God. I have seen many miracles, some from my own hands. Here’s a story about one of the most amazing miracles I’ve experienced in my family.

When my father died horribly of lung cancer, I was frustrated at the Lord for having done such a miracle and then him dying of another horrible disease. I began to inquire of the Lord about what this was all about.

I reflected back on all of the miracles I had ever heard of or had experienced and a pattern began to emerge. Every miracle I had ever seen, heard of, read about, the healed person was either an unbeliever or a baby Christian. (My Dad was a baby Christian at the time.)

Every person I knew of that was a seasoned Christian and contracted some mortal disease and prayed and sought God, then died of that mortal disease. Everyone would then look to God and say, “Why do you do this? Why do you do miracles for some and not for those who serve you?” This is the key.

The Story of Hezekiah

I spoke to a friend of mine about this and she pointed me to the story of King Hezekiah. Hezekiah had contracted a mortal illness and was dying. He cried out to the Lord and sought God’s help and sent for the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah came and basically said, “Put your affairs in order, you’re going to die.”

When he left, Hezekiah cried out to God and said, “I’ve been a good king.” (He was. One of the few.) “Please don’t let me die like this.”

God sent Isaiah back and said, “The Lord has heard your prayer and God is going to heal you.” He told him that the shadow outside his window would move backwards 20 degrees so that he would know that God was indeed going to heal him. It happened and he recovered from his illness.

After he recovered from his illness, he conceived Manasseh, who became the most wicked king Israel ever had. My friend said that this was because at the place in his life, King Hezekiah should have known how to pray to deal with his illness instead of asking God for a miracle.

So, the answer that I’ve come up with at this point of my life is this. God does miracles for unbelievers and baby Christians to show forth his love to them. As we mature in our walk with the Lord, God expects us to be able to hear his voice for our own situations and walk out our healing ourselves.

Miraculous Healing