Do you believe that God is still in the business of healing physical ailments? It’s a tough question for us all to be sure. Go read this post at Cerulean Sanctum. Dan has some great thoughts and convictions regarding the issue of supernatural healing. By the way, Dan is an excellent writer and a very clear thinker. It’s a blog y’all should read regularly because even if you don’t agree with him, his posts make you think about what you believe.
While I agree with all he says regarding healing I still have reservations. I’m not sure if he’s trying to say that God always heals when the person has enough faith. It seems like that’s what he’s saying but I may just be reading too much into it. If that’s the case, and Dan is asserting that if a person has enough faith God will heal then I have to fundamentally disagree. I think sometimes God chooses specifically not to heal for reasons unknown (see Baby Grace.)
I say this knowing full well that when I was 4 I was the recipient of divine healing after the church elders came and prayed over me, anointing me with oil on my hospital bed. So I know that God is still in the business of supernaturally healing physical illness. But does He always heal those with faith? I’m not so sure. It seems like that would put too many limits on God. I suppose you could say that it’s not limiting God, that He’s just holding up his end of the deal as we see in Psalm 91. But I’m still not positive that He promised to always heal those that have enough faith.
The reason I have a problem with saying always is because that then implies that if a person is not healed then they obviously didn’t have enough faith. You see how I could have a problem with saying the word “always?” Then again, maybe I’m wrong, maybe Dan isn’t saying that God will always heal when there is enough faith. Go read the post, tell me what you think.
