During 2020 my uncle John in Nebraska had gone through shoulder surgery, and the doctors accidentally touched a nerve during the process which paralyzed one of his lungs. A very odd and terrible thing to happen! John is a pharmacist and has always been in good health, but this left him unable to take deep breaths. Any mild activity like going up stairs was a problem, and he was at a significantly higher risk of any regular sicknesses. Obviously this was a scary thing for him, his family, and the rest of us in the family.
As John and Debbie (his wife) shared what had happened to John’s lung, they asked for prayer, and pray we did!
Fast forward several months while John was sitting his living room, he experienced an unexpected full breath. His lung finally started working again. PTL! John and Debbie fully attribute this as God’s blessing and grace, and they give God the glory. What a wonderful way to seek God and His healing.
During this last year, I know of a lot of people going through all kinds of physical/mental issues, sickness, and emergency room visits. Even in the past few weeks, our church community has seen all sorts of unexpected health problems. Some turn out well, not so well, or simply linger leaving us to struggle physically and emotionally.
Our Sunday morning message this week out of Luke 7 was to ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK in a way that is a full motion of our head, heart, and hands in respect to God.
Luke 11:9-10
[9] And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. [10] For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
In our effort here at Grace to love God and love others, we have a constant need and opportunity to pray for each other, especially for healing.
God wants us to ask Him for these small and large blessings over the brokenness we have to deal with in this world. His timing and ways, we don’t get to fully understand, but what a blessing it is when one of us is able to receive healing from our Great Physician.
James 5:16
[16] Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
-Denver Sweazy