One of my favorite things to see is the look on a person
face right after Jesus has healed them. It’s so beautiful and I fall in love
with Jesus all over again. Jesus is a
great healer and nothing is too hard for Him. From a simple headache to an
incurable disease; it’s all underneath His feet! So when people ask for prayer
I’m ready to lay hands on them and watch my Jesus heal again.
But there are a lot of people that won’t ask for healing…they
will ask for disability. Now I know I’m wadding deep into water here… but
before you get all offensive hear me out.
Here is sample a conversation that I have had with a lot of
people:
“Hi Ann! Is there anything I can pray about for you today?”
“Hi Janell! Oh yes! I need prayer! I really need my disability to come through. Please pray that God will give me disability.”
“Oh, ok. Lord I pray that your will would be done in Ann’s life.”
These types of conversations really bug me. Because I know
that my God heals and he has been in that business for a very long time. He has
never seen anything that worries Him or that can stump Him. So when people ask
me to pray that they get put on disability (worse when they say they want God
to put them on disability) my heart hurts for them. I would rather pray that
they are totally whole in their bodies and never have to think about being
disabled.
Over the past few years I have seen a lot of people make disability
their God. They rely on disability to take care of them, to pay the bills and
so on. Did you know that every month 14 million Americans get a disability check
in the mail from the government. (Just to put it out there I think God can take
care of you way better than our government can…just saying). That is a crazy number! I get it, some people are hurt and really can’t
work a job and have been deemed medically disable. But it’s when they would
rather rely on their disability to care for them rather than God.
I know these people. I’ve even had one person tell me that they didn’t want God to heal them. They would rather get the check. Wow…These are Bible believing Christians. That makes me so so sad. They really let their
disability rule their life. They can’t live the life they were created for
because they are severing their disability check (or the lack thereof and live
off other people). They actually live in fear because if that check doesn’t come
they are doomed. Their whole life is dependent on a check from the government….If
we put our dependence in anything but God we will eventually be doomed and
disappointed.
So when I someone asks for me to pray for disability, I pray
God’s will. I’m actually praying that
Gods will would be done in their lives, that they would be whole in every part
of their lives with nothing lacking (if you don’t know what that it is you need
to look it up, especially all the people who use “if it’s Gods will” to pray
for everything. Like “Lord if it’s your will heal this person”. Um of course it
is! Sorry, yeah go look in your bible what the will of god is).
Here in America…the home of the free and the proud….we are
all sick, in pain and depressed…the list is too embarrassing and depressing to
go on. I see nothing free or something
to be proud of there.
I ask that you take an honest look at your life (remember God
sees it all anyway) and see if you have made disability your provider, your
caretaker, your god.
I so want people to be free. Really free! That is why I’m
breaking the silence. I was afraid of telling people this. But I love you, and
so if that means I lose friends over this, ok. My love for you won’t stop if
you get upset with me or think that I have no place to talk because I’m not in
your shoes. Love is and has always been more powerful than fear.
Maybe you aren’t on disability, but there is something controlling
your live and has made itself king over you. You can be free. Invite King Jesus
to sit on the place of Lordship. He will break down the walls and let freedom, displace
fear and let the light of truth in.
So in closing, do you need healing in your body? Are there
things in your life that keep you from really living life? I would so love to
pray for you and see you set free. Comment below and I’ll pray with you (God
loves working through the Internet!).
With love, as always,
Whatsoever Think.
Reference: www.apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/
