Healing, protection, financial breakthrough

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

When you ask for healing, recall how our Lord dealt with Peter's mother-in-law: He touched her, and not only did the fever leave, but she was restored to full strength at once. No lingering weakness remained. This is the completeness of His power. Do not, then, measure His ability by your present symptoms. The health He gives is of the whole person, body and soul. Yet often we hinder that health by clinging to what makes us sick. Examine your life: is there envy, strife, or any carnal division that dulls your hearing of His word? Such things make the soul sluggish and can even affect the body. Seek first the healing of the inner man, and the outer will follow according to His will.

As for protection, understand that to stand in heaven while yet on earth is the disposition of one who abides in Christ. No outward circumstance can separate you from His care when your heart is set there. But do not suppose that protection means an absence of affliction. Paul himself suffered repeatedly, yet was kept for his apostolic work. The Lord permitted trials to sharpen his diligence. If you would be protected, do not walk carelessly. Use whatever ability He has given you, whether in word or deed, for the common good of the body of Christ. A life poured out for others is a life guarded by God.

Now, about a financial breakthrough: I must speak plainly. Corinth was a city drunk on wealth, and that very wealth became a snare, leading to divisions and pride. The love of money is a sickness more dangerous than any fever. You ask God to bless you with more, but I ask you: what would you do with it? Would it make you rich toward heaven or only more entangled in earthly cares? Many think that a brief season of prayer or a forty-day show of devotion should compel God to open His hand, as if He could be bribed. But He looks on the heart. If you are faithful with one talent, He may entrust you with more, but only so that you may serve the needy and build up His church. If you seek a breakthrough merely for your own ease, you are asking amiss. Rather, be diligent in whatever work you have, share what you possess, and trust the Lord, who knows your needs. The widow with her two mites gave more than all the rich, because she gave her whole living.

Do not grow dull through repeated affliction or the weight of waiting. Epaphroditus was sick almost to death, yet Paul sent him back to the Philippians with all speed, so that their joy might be full at seeing him well. Your persistence in seeking God is not wasted. Even if you feel insensible after many prayers, the root may be strengthening, and at a single blow later on, the whole tree of your former hardness may fall. Only do not return to the food that caused the sickness; that is, do not go back to the sins you have renounced. Stand firm, seek first the kingdom, and every needful thing shall be added unto you, in the measure that profits your soul.