By Steve D. Eutsler
For those of you who question whether God still heals today, listen to this story from Newsweek magazine: In May 1999, fifteen-year-old Tyler Clarensau [I know his father personally] shuffled to the altar in Park Crest Assembly of God . . . in Springfield, Missouri, to seek healing. Surgery to correct his malformed knee joints had left him with swelling and terrible pain. Forty other Pentecostal teenagers encircled him and began to pray. . . . Some 45 minutes later . . . Clarensau shakily stood up, then did deep knee bends — something he hadn’t accomplished in years. Now he can run. ‘I’d heard about people getting healed,’ says Clarensau, ‘and I thought it was pretty cool. But I didn’t know for sure until it happened to me” (“Teen’s Miraculous Healing,” www.PreachingToday.com, s.v. “Healing”). God didn’t hold this young man’s doubts against him because he brought his doubts to Jesus. Neither will He hold yours against you if you’ll do the same.
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On one hand, Jesus always takes immediate action to assure us of His concern and has never met a disease He couldn’t heal. On the other hand, there are times for us to keep quiet and it’s always time to obey God’s Word.
Here’s then the good news — Jesus wants to heal your impaired body in spite of your imperfect faith. Regardless of how serious your situation may be, Jesus has the solution. He can do for you what no other can.
Let me share this story from Allen Golding. He writes: “When we were missionaries to the Philippines, we vacationed in Baguio City in the mountains of Northern Luzon. While there, we visited the St. Louis Silver School, . . . We admired exquisite workmanship . . . and took home a souvenir — a pure silver money clip embellished with a distinctive design. I carried that clip for the next 24 years. One day it finally broke . . . . I then took the two pieces of the money clip back to the silver school in Baguio. One workman, about my age, asked if he could help me. . . .
“After examining the pieces for a minute or so, he looked up at me and said, ‘I designed this clip. I was the only one to make this design. I made all of these that were ever made.’
“I asked, “Can you fix it?’
“He said, ‘I designed it. I made it. Of course I can fix it!” (“Creator Makes and Fixes Creations,” www.PreachingToday.com, s.v. “Healing”). God can ‘fix’ you too if you’ll bring the pieces of your life to Him.
So what are you going to do with your doubts? Bring them to Jesus and He won’t hold them against you.
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