The God Who Heals

"I am the Lord who heals you."  Exodus 15:26

All of us have had a friend or family member ask for our prayers for their health or even healing.  We often come to God on behalf of others with a confident faith that He will heal if it is His will.  Yet how many times have you found yourself as the one begging for prayers for healing?  Maybe the healing isn't for yourself but for your husband or children.
Often when we come to God with our own prayers of healing, we seem to become less confident in God's willingness to hear our prayers.  Read the following example and think if you have ever been in that same place:
Kevin was an educated, part time minister for a small country church in Alabama.  He often had calls from his church members seeking prayer or guidance.  He would end each night beside his bed in prayer for all the needs that were known to him and praying to the Lord with a confident heart.  
One day Kevin received a call that his wife of 2 years was in an accident and at the local hospital.  After arriving and speaking to the doctors, his wife's condition was grim.  Barring a "miracle" as the doctors put it, she would not make it through the night.  Kevin found the small chapel at the hospital and laid at the small altar begging God to hear his prayer of healing for his wife.  After several minutes, Kevin arose and sat on the pew behind him.  As he sat he thought back over his prayer to God.  For the first time that Kevin could remember he had come to God not with a confident heart but with one that was so unsure that God had even heard his prayer.  
Kevin got back on his knees and asked God to forgive him for his lack of faith when it came to prayers for one of his own.  He prayed, then, with a more confident heart and asked God's provision to be on his wife.  There was a knock on the door, and Kevin turned to find the doctor in the doorway.  He asked Kevin to come with him to his wife's room.  As Kevin tried to ask the doctor several questions about his wife's condition, the doctor told him that he needed to show him the answers.  As they walked into his wife's room, he noticed that the monitors that seemed to show erratic functioning of his wife's organs had calmed.  He looked at the doctor.  The doctor smiled and said, "Whatever prayer you have been saying, you need to keep it up.  She seems to be responding much better than we initially thought.  She may just have a chance to pull out of this after all."  
Kevin pulled up a chair to his wife's bed.  He stationed himself beside her, praying confidently that the Lord would provide and heal as He saw fit.  After 22 days, Kevin helped his wife slowly up the walkway to their home.  Thankful not only that she was alive but that he had a renewed relationship with the Lord, Kevin invited his congregation to gather in his yard to sing the praises of the Lord that very night!


While doctors do what they can, it is only the Lord who can heal you eternally.  I pray if you ever find yourself in need of the Healer, you will look toward heaven!