It strikes me that, for some among us, reason takes over from faith where, in fact, faith should take over from reason. The trouble is that God already told us that, “‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9. Our ‘intelligent’ and egotistical minds object to this as we try to rationalise everything.
I believe that, in order to receive the full anointing God has for us and to realise its potential, we need to stand reason to one side. That is when, standing on the edge of reason, we shall become like a child in our faith. Jesus told us to believe, he did not ask us to reason. I am unsure what your mind is telling you, but you don’t need to know or even understand the why and how of healing, you just need to believe, as a child, that God heals.
Oh, I know there are reasons that healing doesn’t happen, but I don’t think we need to understand that either. The Bible tells us that, on many occasions, Jesus healed ALL who came to Him. I’m pretty certain He didn’t fiddle about asking if they were right with God, if they were clean and sin free, or if they had forgiven everyone. No – Jesus simply healed everyone. Healing and deliverance is without repentance, so why do we complicate things and get so legalistic about ‘being right’ in order to even pray for, let alone receive, healing.
The Bible says to cast out demons, and to heal the sick. It says, rather like the advert, “Just do it”. It doesn’t say to interrogate them. Instead it says simply to “heal those who are ill and tell them ‘the kingdom of God has come near to you’.” Luke 10:9 – I would add to make sure you give Jesus the glory.
Good, wonderful people of God, I really do believe it is time to leave our reason and, having come to the edge of reason, to believe as children for God to do what His Word says He can and will do among us. It is also time to accept our authority in Christ and to step out in faith. Faith defies all reason. It is at the edge of reason that real child-like faith is born.
Just imagine the impact of a church that really believes and practices what it preaches about believing as children.
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