so i have been pressing in for physical healing for the past 6-ish months now. i believe that the LORD's will is for kingdom come, on earth as in heaven. so therefore His will is for heaven on earth. since there is no pain in heaven that means God's will is for no pain on earth. i think it's that simple. i really believe that the LORD loves us enough that He doesn't want us to suffer any longer in physical pain. rather, He gave us the Holy Spirit which has the power to heal and take away pain and any diseases.
for the past six months, i have prayed for many people for physical healing, but i have not seen any major results. yes, i have prayed for a few ankles that got a little bit better, and for the flu which got better quicker than expected. but to be honest i was still filled with doubt, thinking that those who claimed to feel a little better after i prayed for them were just saying that to make me feel better. yes, i was still full of doubt because i had yet to witness or experience firsthand a radical healing =(
coming into this quarter i was more HUNGRY than ever before to see physical healing. i have heard WAY too many testimonies, seen too many videos of other people healing/getting healed. i was so sure that God still heals, but He had yet to reveal that to me firsthand. so this quarter God began to stir a supernatural hunger in me to see healing.
on the first day of the quarter i saw a guy on crutches. in my head i knew i should go up to pray for him because i have been hungering so much, yet after much talking to myself in my head, i chickened out. 10 minutes later i saw another guy on crutches and i told myself that i would pray for the next one i see for sure. i ended up seeing 3 more people on crutches that day and i didn't pray for one of them. it was the most ridiculous thing ever. since when were so many injured people at UCSD? i knew that surely it was God, because the next day, i saw 5 more people on crutches. and i didn't pray for any of them. pretty ridiculous. talk about epic fail.
after those sad incidents, i mustered up enough boldness to just do it and begin to praying for people. i prayed for a girl on crutches later on during the week but nothing amazing happened. she just felt really loved, that's all. haha success nonetheless. by faith i pressed in.
on saturday at an origins event some crazy healing guy was there and he had like a bajillion crazy testimonies of radical healings. i asked him to impart me with a double portion of what he had. by faith i received it.
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so earlier tonight we were playing basketball and phil chen landed on david young lee's ankle. and david was writhing on the ground in pain. i decided to give it a shot and we prayed for david's ankle. thinking back it's ridiculous how faithless i was. actually, phil said he was faithless too haha. anyways i whisper a few declarations of healing, not wanting make it clear to david that i was praying for it in case it wasn't healed. and i ask david how he feels. david said he felt a numbing sensation in his ankle. oh shoot. he gets up and tests it and he is weirded out. his ankle is completely healed. no joke. he even bends it a weird way which used to hurt him even before the injury from a badminton injury a while ago. no pain. he jumps a bit and he said his ankle feels "as light as a feather".
david was healed tonight because the Father loves him. He healed david's ankle because He delights in doing so. He delights in seeing his children free from pain. thank you Jesus.
JESUS STILL HEALS. THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES US POWER. THE SUPERNATURAL EXISTS EVEN NOW. COME ON. WE WANT MORE LORD.
guys, who am i? i am nothing but flesh and bones. and as for faith, clearly, i still have very little. i have no super powers, nor am i a doctor. yet it's funny what happens when you allow the greatest power in the universe to enter into your life. it's ridiculous what the weak can do through the Holy Spirit. all it takes is for us to say YES to be used by Him. and to love Him.
i don't pray for healing because it is the cool thing to do. i don't do it so i can be a "radical christian". i don't do it so i can get all the credit and attention. i do it because Jesus tells me to.
matthew 10:7 "as you go, preach this mesasge: 'the kingdom of heaven is near.' heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons." -Jesus
i do not rejoice only when He uses me to heal people or do flashy, cool things for Him. rather, i rejoice even more knowing that He loves me. He always has and He always will. to the end. to the end.
luke 10:20 "however, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." -Jesus
all the glory, honor, and praise be unto you, Jesus.
