Christian Living
Welcome back to the concluding part of this blogpost series; “When the Doctor says ‘No'”. Thank you for all your messages. The truth we know, believe and hold on to remains; ‘He whom the Son of God sets free, is free indeed!’ We were healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ! That is the infallible truth.
So we started off this blogpost series appreciating what awesome impact medicine makes to continued health and wellbeing. We observed however, that sometimes medicine fails and that is expected as medicine is man-made, man himself is grass and so withers. We established from the Bible that The Word of The Lord can be trusted and depended on absolutely. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24:35 that;
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away” .
And we find in Isaiah 40:8 that;
“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the Word of our God stands forever“.
We’ve spent good time looking at some fundamental truths about our health/healing that we must know, then we ventured into some actions we must take to be plugged into God’s source of life.
So I hear you say; ‘Grace, I already have your 10 fundamental knowledge to getting a “YES” out of a Doctor’s “NO” and I also practice all you said to do, but I still have symptoms. What do I do next?”
Here is what you do; choose to believe the report of The Lord above any other. And to do that successfully, you need to operate in 3 dimensions;
First Dimension: Faith.
Dictionary definition of faith reads; ‘complete confidence in something or someone’.
Bible definition of faith;
“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Interesting isn’t it? The similarity in both definitions. That’s what faith is! … Being convinced and confident of something, especially, something not yet seen.
If I am convinced and confident that Christ healed me, then I am confident and convinced that the symptoms are a mirage. The Bible admonishes us as Christians to live by faith (Hebrews 10:38, Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11). I think the Identity Number of a follower of Jesus Christ is FAITH. You get saved by faith. You access the supernatural by faith. You are sustained by faith.
Hebrews 11:6 tells us;
“But without faith it is impossible to (walk with God and) please Him..”
Something my hubby and I used to find really thrilling about faith; faith is only crucial before your expectation becomes reality. As soon as your expectations manifest, faith becomes useless, except of course to build your confidence for a future expectation.
So have faith for your healing and enjoy it before its over 🙂 Hold on to your believe and convictions, and stay unwavering in your confessions. You were healed by the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross! PERIOD. Believe it and hold on to it because it is the truth. The symptoms are lies.
Second Dimension: Trust.
Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of something or someone. Firm belief in the character, strength or truth of something or someone.
Somebody asks; ‘What’s the difference between trust and faith?”
Big difference.
You can believe that God exists, you can believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for your sins, you can believe that Jesus Christ is coming back to take you to your heavenly home etc etc. All that falls under faith. You believe, you are convinced, you are confident of something or someone.
But Trust, pushes well beyond faith. Trust requires you to rely, depend and act on your convictions. A test/confirmation of your faith, if you like. Sounds like faith+works=Trust 🙂
Personally, I think sickness and disease are the ultimate test of one’s faith. You either act and confirm your believes and convictions or you die.
So your stomach is hurting badly, but you know and believe that Christ healed you. With all the conviction and faith you possess, what do you do? What do you do when the doctor shows you a test result that says your liver is terminally diseased? What do you do when the crime rates in your city is so high that night life is threatened including going for evening church services? Do you trust in God’s ability to protect and keep you safe and so go where you need to go (by His wisdom) or you ‘hide’ in your homes?
If you believe God’s word on healing and not any other report, you got to move your body. Stand up, walk around (even if baby steps), do the things that the lying symptoms suggests you can’t do.
You can only take these steps when you judge God’s word True and judge God faithful. Faithful to infuse you with strength so that from baby steps you can run. But you are NEVER gonna find that out until you launch out in faith.
Trust requires you to do something based on your faith/conviction that someone’ got your back.
I remember one of my senior citizen friends saying to me one day; ‘Grace, everything is not just physical o. Since the doctors are not seeing anything wrong with you medically, don’t you think you should try other things?’
If you are not in my part of the world, then maybe you won’t catch what is implied in that statement. Plainly put; ‘Grace, try a native doctor, visit a shrine or go to a prayer house.‘
Am sure that even you now know, after our discussions in the previous blogposts, that sickness and disease came from Satan. So why go visit Satan for help? Your trust in God’s ability, willingness and faithfulness is questionable.
Trust that God is watching out for you and will not let you fail.
“No temptation (regardless of its source) has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience (nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance); but God is faithful (to His word-he is compassionate and trustworthy) and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability (to resist) but along with the temptation He (has in the past and is now and) will (always) provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it (without yielding, and will overcome the temptation with joy).” 1 Corinthians 10:13
Did you hear what Paul tells us in the above scripture? God’s got our back! God is for us. God is in us.
I looked up scriptures with trust in the Bible and interestingly, trust is mentioned alongside reliance on ability, strength, character or truth.
“For in Him our heart rejoices, because we trust (lean on, rely on, and are confident) in His holy name.” Psalm 33:21
“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him also and He will do it.” Psalm 37:5
“Such is the confidence and steadfast reliance and absolute trust that we have through Christ toward God.” 2 Corinthians 3:4
Trust in The Lord with All Your Heart and lean not on your own understanding”. Proverbs 3:5
Trust in God’s faithfulness. Trust that God cannot lie.
We trust in The Lord and we are confident that He has healed us and the healing will manifest.
Third Dimension: Grace
My definition of Grace: an unmerited divine assistance for exploits. Ability to act beyond the usual. Supernatural enablement.
Since the spirit of The Lord opened my eyes to the reality of His grace in 2 Corinthians 12:9
“….but He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you (my lovingkingdness and My mercy are more than enough-always available, regardless of the situation); for My power is being perfected (and is completed and shows itself most effectively) in your weakness”
Then I understand better why Paul would rather boast in his weaknesses; because in those situations and circumstances, he is more reliant on God’s grace and the power of Christ completely enfold him, moves him and sustains him.
There is nothing that can be impossible when we operate within the grace of God.
Good news: God’s grace is already resident in us. We just have to draw more from it, and it NEVER runs dry. Naaaa. The more we draw from it, the more perfect, complete and effective it our experience.
I encourage you to read one of my favorite blog posts: “It’s not about the thorns” (available online @: ww.graceobomanu.com/blogsite/its-not-about-the-thorns/).
A daily dependence on God’s grace is a guarantee to constantly lift the banner of victory. We can draw from God’s strength everyday. (Psalm 118:14 Isaiah 12:2 Psalm 18:2). Praise God, halleluyah!
Thank you faithful Father. Thank You for always and all times. Faith in You stabilizes us. Trusting in You propels us. And Your Grace sustains us. The symptoms do not matter. They are insignificant. They are a mirage. Your Word is Truth and Reality. And we hold on, firmly and rely solely on the life that comes from you. And through your grace, we do all that we need to do each day as we step out in faith trusting in your faithfulness.
And Now, I will not finish this blogpost without praying for you.
If you have any disease/sickness/infirmity, you believe that The Lord Jesus Christ died for your sins and sicknesses and you believe want to be healed now; simply lay one of your hands on the part of your body that is diseased and repeat after me;
‘I rebuke you spirit of disease and infirmity in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, leave this body right now. I speak to you {mention whatever organ or body part that is diseased-leg, hand, stomach, liver, kidney, etc} be normal and function optimally in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I declare that Jesus Christ bore all my sicknesses and disease, so I bear them not/no more. I am Healed. Jesus Christ resides in me in all of His fullness. I am free in Jesus name. Amen.”
If you prayed that prayer in faith, then it is done.
So what do you do now?
Praise God! Praise God!! Praise God!!! 🙂
Please share your testimony with me via email at: talkwithgraceobomanu@gmail.com
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