The Problem Of The Miracle Hidden By Miraculous Healing

The problem of the miracle hidden by miraculous healing. Say what? Being healed by God, through prayer, is a miracle. What else could there possibly be? What could be more important than still being alive when death was at the door?

The problem of the miracle hidden by miraculous healing. Say what? Being healed by God, through prayer, is a miracle. What else could there possibly be? What could be more important than still being alive when death was at the door?

looking for The problem of the miracle hidden by miraculous healing
Don’t get me wrong. Being healed is a great thing.

I know, since I was there. After a staph infection when my doctor told me I “beat the reaper”, I have first-hand experience with it.

But, the healing came the day after a “dream” of a conversation with God about whether or not this is the end for me.

So while getting healed after more than a month of meds, but the physical damage being reversed largely in a couple of days was amazing, there’s more to it.

You can read about it in God, is it time for me to go home?

…

…

After all that, did you find the miracle hidden by miraculous healing?

If you found “it”, you missed some of them. There are so many. And all we need to do is be willing to let God work through us.

Did you also realize that those same “hidden” miracles also happen when God doesn’t heal? Again, all we need to do is be willing to let God work through us.

But it’s so much harder when the healing doesn’t happen.

It’s hard to break through the joy of healing.
It’s harder to break through the grief and sorry that accompanies healing not happening.

We’re human. God knows about our emotions. After all, He gave them to us. But don’t we owe it to Him, at some point, after our initial emotions, to start to look to Him? And to let Him work those other miracles through us?

You know, I used to think that passage in Romans, part of which is above, is one of the really scary ones. But at the same time, I also thought it gave hope for us as well. By that, I mean for non-Christians. When God gives bad news, He always gives us a way to avoid being the recipient of the stuff that comes with that bad news.

However, even though I wrote the first version of this more than 13 years ago, I just now realized the significance of the comparison between what Jesus said in Salt and Light and what Paul wrote in Romans.

I write a lot about the Great Commission. And in classes I talk about how we live, with others seeing us, can also be part of performing the Great Commission.

On top of that, the first version was for someone who died of cancer, and was an excellent example of being the light on the hill with the way she lived, even after she knew her cancer was fatal.

And yes – I wrote all that. But now, today, this moment, it struck me in a way it never has before. It all seems so much more important than ever. And it was like the number one thing before. Writing and leading Bible study is the best thing I’ve ever done with my life. And now, the words, written or spoken, take on even more significance.

I have to pray and process that. It’s nothing short of mind-blowing.