As believers, when we need a healing we call on the God to heal us of an injury or illness. Many of us also call on him for every ache and pain and I think that this is an area where we set ourselves up for disappointment, because we're asking God to do something that he doesn't need to do. God will no doubt heal things that need to be healed by him. He loves to do miracles, signs & wonders. However the things that he doesn't need to heal he'll advise us on and we need to be listening or we'll keep on suffering until we finally do listen. For example if there is something we need to be doing differently than we are currently doing it. That will be the solution he gives us and when we follow the instructions he gives us, we will in fact find relief which is a healing of sorts. I'll use myself as an example.
For the last three months I have suffered daily with intense pain in my left leg and I've prayed and prayed for God to heal it. Pastors and friends laid hands and prayed for this healing, but the healing never came, at least not the way I expected it to. This is where many begin to question God's will or flat out blame God for not healing them and become offended with God. We must understand that God didn't give us the condition we have and he can't because he doesn't have it and you can't give something you haven't got. God is all good, he waits for us to go to him with our problems and when we give them over to him he gives the solutions. Sometimes that will be a physical or mental healing, and sometimes it will be only guidance, because that may be all you need.
I was awakened on Monday morning at 2:30 AM screaming in pain. Later that morning I went to the Emergency Room under the advisement of my doctor to be checked for blood clots, because the pain was mostly behind the knee and that's where the pain would be if a clot had formed. After five hours in the Emergency Room, they found no blood clots but they also found no clear cut reason for me to be in such pain. While I was in the E.R, I finally tuned in to what God was saying and it was then that I realized the pain I was in was muscular not joint related. I got an idea that I normally wouldn't think of. This idea was to see a Massage Therapist. I called on a friend who is in that line of work and made and appointment for Monday afternoon. The moment the therapist felt the muscles in my leg, he told me where the pain was before I had the chance to explain it fully. The muscles were tight as could be and were like iron to press against. There was just no give. It took over thirty minutes but he finally got the muscles to relax and with that came almost instant relief.
He explained that the larger muscles in the leg got stressed and tight and they in turn affected the smaller muscle groups causing the muscles to literally pull on the bones and joints which caused this tremendous pain. Today I am in far less pain and am able to walk normally but there's a catch. I have to change what I'm doing. I was told that I need to spend twenty minutes a day just stretching. If I do that I will keep this problem under control and even relieve it entirely. If I don't stretch, I will go right back to suffering. See it wasn't a healing the God needed to perform. I didn't need a miracle or a healing. I needed to get educated about my problem and change what I was doing. Most of all I had to listen to what God was saying. There's no doubt in my mind that He's been trying to tell me what to do about this for a couple of months. Had I been listening better and spending more time with Him one on one, I could have saved myself months of agony and putting extra burdens and stress on my family. So God gave me his wisdom instead of a healing, but I got the same result. He gave me what I needed and not what I wanted. So be sure that you’re always listening for what God is saying. Your victory could be only moments away.
Please pray this with me.
Thank you Lord God for the wisdom you provided me with as a solution to pain I was in. Father you always come through and you always provide for us in the way you see fit which is always the best way. Father I pray that you would help us to help ourselves by being more intimate with you God, by spending more time in prayer one on one with you and spending time in your word. We need to decrease so that you can increase in our lives. Help those of us that don’t need a healing but your wisdom instead, to listen more closely for your voice Father, so that we could remedy our situations and circumstances as fast as you provide the solutions.
I ask this in Jesus name
Amen
God Bless You All
“The Sharpshooter”
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