What do you do when the Lord won't heal you?

[Job3315]

can't lay down and sleep because my knee is so inflamed it's given my whole body a low grade fever, any pressure on it at all I just can't sleep through the pain. I've prayed, taken medications.. nothing is helping. It feels like tiny gnomes are mining my knee with pickaxes.

about all I can do is stay up until I'm so exhausted I can't stay awake no matter how much pain I'm in, but that makes the flareup worse because lack of sleep can be a trigger for flareups.

You said you’ve prayed, but have you declared healing over your knee? You can try that, prayer is asking or talking to God, but declaring is believing the authority God gave you through Jesus (Mark 16:17-18) and declare it in Faith.

Faith is a substance that creates and restores, just as God created the world by speaking it, sometimes we must bring forth that healing by speaking/declaring it ourselves. You can stop, ask Him what He has to say about your pain and then agree and declare what you hear/feel the Spirit is saying.

 

[Jamdoc]

You said you’ve prayed, but have you declared healing over your knee? You can try that, prayer is asking or talking to God, but declaring is believing the authority God gave you through Jesus (Mark 16:17-18) and declare it in Faith.

Faith is a substance that creates and restores, just as God created the world by speaking it, sometimes we must bring forth that healing by speaking/declaring it ourselves. You can stop, ask Him what He has to say about your pain and then agree and declare what you hear/feel the Spirit is saying.

That sounds like word of faith/prosperity gospel.
Not the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[mama2one]

follow

 

[Job3315]

That sounds like word of faith/prosperity gospel.
Not the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Your response sounded as if you were thirsty, and I offered you a glass of water from the well that has helped me for years and just you tossed it on my face. A ‘no, thank you” would have sufficed or even no answer at all.

 

[Jamdoc]

Your response sounded as if you were thirsty, and I offered you a glass of water from the well that has helped me for years and just you tossed it on my face. A ‘no, thank you” would have sufficed or even no answer at all.

Galatians 1:8

 

[Job3315]

Galatians 1:8

Matthew 10:14

 

[SusaninBC]

I've been dealing with this today, too. I've had Chronic Lyme since I was 10 (I'm 52 now). Earlier today I was asking the Lord why I'm still here, and what purpose there is for me.

I've raised my kids, I'm an introvert so I mostly keep to myself, there are other people who could do my job (and probably do it better, to be honest, lol)... so why am I here? I don't have a husband any more, and there are no looming prospects, so I don't really have anyone to serve and take care of, either. My kids are all beautifully self sufficient and thriving, and they seem to need me less and less.

I guess it all just boils down to the fact that I don't know the mind of God, and even though I can't see a purpose, I trust that He wouldn't keep me here without one. So I am just making a daily, concerted effort to trust Him through the pain, fatigue, loneliness, and regret, and find purpose in reading His Word, spending time with Him, and maturing in my spiritual walk with Him.

So this is my little piece of stability in the middle of the darkness, to make my life be like a tiny green shoot poking up through the ashes of a desolate wasteland. My body aches from head to toe, I'm exhausted every minute of every day, but there's not a thing I can do about it, other than what I'm already doing (diet, medications, supplements, exercises), so all that's left to do is to suffer well and to bring glory to God wherever I can.

Some days it's really hard, though. I'm sorry you're struggling, too.

 

[Jamdoc]

I've been dealing with this today, too. I've had Chronic Lyme since I was 10 (I'm 52 now). Earlier today I was asking the Lord why I'm still here, and what purpose there is for me.

I've raised my kids, I'm an introvert so I mostly keep to myself, there are other people who could do my job (and probably do it better, to be honest, lol)... so why am I here? I don't have a husband any more, and there are no looming prospects, so I don't really have anyone to serve and take care of, either. My kids are all beautifully self sufficient and thriving, and they seem to need me less and less.

I guess it all just boils down to the fact that I don't know the mind of God, and even though I can't see a purpose, I trust that He wouldn't keep me here without one. So I am just making a daily, concerted effort to trust Him through the pain, fatigue, loneliness, and regret, and find purpose in reading His Word, spending time with Him, and maturing in my spiritual walk with Him.

So this is my little piece of stability in the middle of the darkness, to make my life be like a tiny green shoot poking up through the ashes of a desolate wasteland. My body aches from head to toe, I'm exhausted every minute of every day, but there's not a thing I can do about it, other than what I'm already doing (diet, medications, supplements, exercises), so all that's left to do is to suffer well and to bring glory to God wherever I can.

Some days it's really hard, though. I'm sorry you're struggling, too.

I struggle with purpose too.
Being crippled I can't work, and I have 0 people skills. I can't really spread the gospel because I'm almost a net negative when I do. People hate me and see my weakness enough that they reject anything I believe. I can't even convince those closest to me that love me unconditionally to believe, and our only picture of what we'll spend our time in eternity doing is something I hate, singing.
It's not like the things I'm good at will be of any use there (what use for knowlege in medicine in a world where nothing ever gets hurt or ill?)
It's like what's the point of me? Why is the one thing I'm to look forward to something I hate doing (everything else is speculation)?

I say "Father I'm a broken man with broken dreams, what do you want me to do because I have no plans for myself"
and the only thing is.. wait.
and I'm a pretty impatient man when I don't have anything to work with.

 

[Stellar Vision]

There's no guarantees this will help, but it might be good to know

 

[returntosender]

I struggle with purpose too.
Being crippled I can't work, and I have 0 people skills. I can't really spread the gospel because I'm almost a net negative when I do. People hate me and see my weakness enough that they reject anything I believe. I can't even convince those closest to me that love me unconditionally to believe, and our only picture of what we'll spend our time in eternity doing is something I hate, singing.
It's not like the things I'm good at will be of any use there (what use for knowlege in medicine in a world where nothing ever gets hurt or ill?)
It's like what's the point of me? Why is the one thing I'm to look forward to something I hate doing (everything else is speculation)?

I say "Father I'm a broken man with broken dreams, what do you want me to do because I have no plans for myself"
and the only thing is.. wait.
and I'm a pretty impatient man when I don't have anything to work with.

Don't put yourself down.
Your testimony is righteous.
Gods plan for you is there.
As Susan says, praise God and wait. Its out there.
I feel as you two do but you remind me that its Gods plan and praising him should be our thankful response for his great love for us as hard as it may be.
Bless all of you with never ending pain and look forward to the release. Be faithful for that.