I was reading my Bible this morning, Luke 11, and dwelled a little bit on Luke 11:10 – “For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.” (NLT) After reading I felt like I should lie on my bed and pray. The idea came into my head that I should ask God to heal my back. But right away I tried to reason with myself that it was dumb idea. I mean why would I deserve to be healed from just pulling my back? It seemed so insignificant to what other people are suffering. But then God told me that no one deserves to be healed; it is only though his unconditional love that he pours out his power. Then I said there is no one here to heal me, I certainly can’t heal myself. God said, “You are right you can’t heal yourself only I can heal you and no else can, it is only through my power that you are healed.” But then I asked how will God get the glory through this and he said I could blog about it. (Hence this blog)
I decided that the door could only be opened if I knocked. So I prayed a simple prayer of asking God to heal my back and receiving his healing. I laid on my bed wondering if it was actually healed and heard God say it was done. I stood up without to much effort and actually felt quite a bit better but was wasn’t sure it was healed. I kind of walk around in disbelief that it was healed and I thought I should perform a test. I looked for something heavy to pick up and decided that a wooden chest full of my baby artifacts would be valid. I picked it up using my back and not my legs. And up it came with no pain! I stood there kind of dumbfounded and then just started to laugh. Really God, you healed me? I don’t get it but You are amazing!
I don’t really understand why God chose to heal my back but I do know that only he is worthy of the glory!
