for many years i believed a lot of what was preached from the pulpit. i took my seat listened nodded and agreed with whatever was spoken. talk about checking your brain when you check in at the door. i believed the health and prosperity teachings, even named and claime some outstanding stuff. none of which ever got realised, so of course it was my fault. i just didnt have enough faith. at least that is what i was told. this left me a little bewildered, cos i didnt know there were degrees of faith. after all Jesus taught that if i had the faith of a mustard seed then i could tell a mountain to go sit in the ocean and it would, or i could tell a mulberry tree to do the same thing and it would obey. so then with my particular twist of thinking i began to wonder just how much faith a mustard seed has. a mustard seed, being to our eyes a noncognisant object, how could it even have faith? So maybe i am interpreting it wrong. if that is possible, then why would it not be possible that others have interpreted God's word wrongly?
Now i see in scripture that when there is healing (miraculous God inspired healing) it is immediate and it is complete and it is done! none of this 39 percent better s if i just believe a little harder, or pray with my eyes shut just a bit tighter, or with my hands at a perfect 52.3 degrees to the visual horizon, then God will heal me a bit more. NO NO NO and a thousand times NO. THAT is religion! if i ask for God to heal me and i am not healed, then it has nothing to do with me or my actions or my sinfullness or whatever else you might come up with. It has to do with what God knows is the very best for my life and the relationship I have with Him.
for example,
If the doctors can heal me I am grateful to God for the skills and insight of the medicos and for the medicines.
if the doctors cannot heal me, I turn to God.
if God heals me, then i give Him the glory.
If God doesnt heal me then it is because He chooses a better path than i do for my life and i give thanks to Him for being in control.
so now i no longer live the lie. i test every word that i hear to see if it truly aligns with God. if it doesnt i ignore it.
if it does i accept it.
no more can i say well thats what they taught me in church.
God has written His law, His life, His ways , on my heart.
bless you all, next time i will be a little less strident and more reflective of my journey. just needed to get this one off. ciao.
Now i see in scripture that when there is healing (miraculous God inspired healing) it is immediate and it is complete and it is done! none of this 39 percent better s if i just believe a little harder, or pray with my eyes shut just a bit tighter, or with my hands at a perfect 52.3 degrees to the visual horizon, then God will heal me a bit more. NO NO NO and a thousand times NO. THAT is religion! if i ask for God to heal me and i am not healed, then it has nothing to do with me or my actions or my sinfullness or whatever else you might come up with. It has to do with what God knows is the very best for my life and the relationship I have with Him.
for example,
If the doctors can heal me I am grateful to God for the skills and insight of the medicos and for the medicines.
if the doctors cannot heal me, I turn to God.
if God heals me, then i give Him the glory.
If God doesnt heal me then it is because He chooses a better path than i do for my life and i give thanks to Him for being in control.
so now i no longer live the lie. i test every word that i hear to see if it truly aligns with God. if it doesnt i ignore it.
if it does i accept it.
no more can i say well thats what they taught me in church.
God has written His law, His life, His ways , on my heart.
bless you all, next time i will be a little less strident and more reflective of my journey. just needed to get this one off. ciao.
