I have heard people say that they received an illness or affliction from God (or God allowed it) so that they could suffer and it would bring them closer to God. In fact, I just read an article in a Christian magazine about a young man who wasn't sure if he should pray for healing for his cancer-stricken body because he was not sure if it was a gift from God and did not want to go against God's will. People think that they receive these "gifts" in order to barely struggle through so that they can "encourage" people who are going through the same things.
How sick is that? We can't even understand our own "loving" God. Wasn't it Jesus who said, "I have come to give life, but not just life, life to the full." Didn't he also say, when accused of driving out demons by the power of another demon, "A kingdom divided cannot stand." Don't you think that this applies to God's kingdom too?
You see, Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are one. The same. So you can say that God came to give life to the full or abundantly.
Show me the verse where Jesus says, "I'm not going to heal you right now but don't worry, you will eventually get better after a couple years of struggling through. Then you can encourage others that are suffering that this is my will and that ultimately I love them but they don't need to be healed because it is my will."
I am not trying to put condemnation on anyone who is sick or hasn't experienced healing. I am wanting to show that God wants you well! I am not trying to be mean or rude but this mentality has to leave the church. Aren't you tired of being poor, sick, and unproductive? We are preaching poverty and sickness to a dying world!
What did Jesus die for? For you to die too?
No! I will live and not die and proclaim what the Lord has done! Psalm 118:17
We are called to reign in this life! Look in John 14:12 -
"Anyone who has faith in me will do the same things I have been doing and even greater things."
He continues, "I will do anything you ask in my name, so that the son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it."
1. God gets glory when miracles happen or when Jesus gives us gifts.
2. He tells us to ask for anything in his name.
The problem is that people don't accept God's free gift of righteousness and the abundant provision of his grace as a gift. They read verses like Romans 5:17 and don't fully grasp the promises made.
Righteousness is a free gift from God. Your forgiveness is totally given by Jesus Christ and not earned by what you do. Rest in that. Grace (God's ability and favor) comes to you abundantly so that you can reign in all areas of this life. He doesn't give you this so that you can soon die after. He wants you to live and proclaim what the He has done for you and what he can do for other people! And it all comes through one person (who isn't you). Jesus.
So I am saying today to change your thinking! Change how you view God! He is good.
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