Monday, June 25, 2007

God is always good, always wants to heal, including LD and DDs

You must settle it that God is good.
There is a liar out there that says otherwise. Rarely does he show up in a red suit with a pitchfork. Normally he likes to masquerade as an angel of light, purveying good doctrine or reasonableness.
God wants everyone well. I John 3 says, “Beloved, I would above all things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.” This verse is often quoted about prosperity. Clearly health is part of that prosperity. The Apostle John wished that the church should be well and prosperous because God the Fathers wishes that for His children.


God would like to heal everyone Many places in the Gospels, it says that Jesus healed them all. One time, however, it does say that Jesus could not do many miracles in Nazareth because people didn’t believe. I don’t think Jesus’ power was reduced; I think that people just didn’t receive the gift offered to them.

Well, yes, it is factual that we do not see everyone healed instantaneously. Is that God’s fault? Let’s use salvation (initial justification by faith that most people are familiar with) as an analogy to being healed. We do not see everyone saved, but God is not willing that any should perish. God is good. God wants to save everyone, but he doesn’t push it on them. God would like to see everyone well, but he has set up a system of choice.

This is not a message of condemnation, this is a message of encouragement. Beloved, believe that God wants you well. Trust in God’s healing power. Ask for wisdom in your health practices. Do not listen to lies that tell you otherwise.

There is no situation where this is more true than in the area of “learning disabilities” and “developmental disorders.” There is no situation where this message is more needed than in the areas of “learning disabilities” and “developmental disorders.” God would never choose a child to be tormented! No mother would simply consign her child to the trashbin! How much more God, the perfect parent?! Yet, why does our society do so? Why have you never heard a sermon that mentioned healing for such problems? Besides the fact that few children has such problems before, it is simply the lies of that old liar. God has not changed! God wishes us to prosper and be in health! Suggesting God put such an affliction on a child is not consistent with what we know about God.

Look to God. Look intently to God. Meditate on God’s goodness. Ask for a revelation. Thank God. Thank God for all the goodness you see. Receive the goodness you see in the Word. Thank and praise God for all the goodness you cannot yet conceive. But receive it by faith anyway. -SS

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