Day 16 of 21 Days of Fasting

Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home." Mathew 9:6

During a Church service where God wants to start healing and setting free, there always comes the part that action must take place. Why is it so important to obey the altar call when the Holy Spirit is beckoning? It is because the move is a response and sign of faith. To approach an altar is to disregard pride, comfort, and protection and put oneself out there in the unknown. Many people will allow their miracle to pass on by because they worry with thoughts like, "What if I don't get healed?", "What if he makes me throw away my cane?", "What if I really am not hearing God?" All these statements are statements of disbelief! Faith is like money, you either have it or you don't. You can't pretend to have faith, you can't fool God. The author of our devotion mentions the story of when Christ put spit and mud in the eyes of the blind man and commanded him to go wash. Have you ever wondered why? I have many times. I don't know that we will ever really know the answer until we ask Christ Himself in eternity. I do know however that it tested the faith of the blind man. Remember the rich young ruler who wanted to know how to have salvation? Christ told Him to do the one thing that he was unwilling to do! Christ tested the young rulers faith and the man failed miserably. We all know that Christ performed many more miracles than what the scriptures mention, do you not think that there were many accounts of men and women who did not receive healing because of a lack of faith made known through disobedience? What if the blind man wiped the mud from his eyes and said, "What! I am still blind?" Would that be the fault of Christ? Absolutely not, the lack of faith would have caused the disobedience resulting in a unattained miracle. We mere men like to make the simple complex because it makes us feel good about our intelligence. The scriptures however, keeps things very simple.

Pray for your healing.
When the presence of the Lord is near walk into it.
Do what the Holy Spirit says, walk in obedience.
And receive your miracle!

Sounds simple right? That's because it is, but we over analyze, trick ourselves, listen to doubt, and eventually talk ourselves out of what is rightfully ours. Why in today's period in time do some get their healing and others don't? I can't answer that question with complete confidence. I do know that the vast majority that do receive healing approach God without the need to be coaxed or coached. Could it be that those that walked away lacked faith and obedience. Sounds too simple to be true, but then again God uses the simple to confound the wise.

God Bless