Bonus #3: He Healed Me

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Shirley Weaver wants to take you there. And now, here's today's episode. You know, as I'm talking to people, I understand that many of us have the same experience. God has moved in our lives over the years so powerfully in such demonstrative ways that we don't always recall it, don't talk about it, share it. The Psalm is said to bless the Lord and don't forget those things. That He forgave my sin, my iniquities, He healed my disease, and He redeemed my life from destruction, just to name a few.

I mean, that's just the beginning, right? But over time, we have an experience with God that includes divine interventions, supernatural outcomes, and we need to mentally note those, speak of those, share those with the children and the grandchildren in our midst so that the family is made aware that we're serving this powerful, supernatural God. And I believe that the maturity of the church, the maturity of the body of Christ, is invested right there. That the is invested right there.

That that's what maturity looks like. That we have evidence of this Almighty God that we worship and serve. Great, great, great deliverance comes from the hand of Almighty God. He alone delivers us from infirmities and issues as He did at the Red Sea.

For those who were fleeing the Egyptians, the Hebrew people were between a rock and a hard place. I know this is a favorite Bible story for everyone. Actually, for those who don't even know God or believe Him, they know this story. But for me, that is my experience.

That is my testimony. He has delivered me again and again one experience specifically, probably a lifelong, ongoing ordeal with sort of chronic pain, lower back pain. And there are lots of reasons, lots of causes for that kind of expression of pain. But I think back to the days when as a kid I didn't really exercise good judgment in watching for the care of my physical body when it came to bumps and knocks and falls, that kind of thing. I'm sure I'm not unusual.

But especially for a girl, in our culture, probably just a little bit rough and tumble. Anyway, fast forward to adulthood and you know that chronic pain was very real. And I endured that even with the revelation of healing. I mean, even with the revelation of God's healing, I bore and endured that sort of like, you know, it was a given.

But then I really learned a lot about God's Word and spent some time, invested some time, listening and learning, and realizing that that was not necessarily the end of the story and that I could believe beyond that. And there was an altar call in a service that I attended and the one who was speaking administered all of the things he had administered all over the world, basically a missionary at heart, had seen really serious suffering, real deformity, and long time agony. And as this person spoke, you know, my heart expanded to realize that he was the person who had demonstrated God's power in the midst of really impossible circumstances. And it was really on that note, and this was not intentional, I have to tell you, this was not intentional, but I think it was the Spirit of God who was behind what I'm about to tell you. As the altar call was given, obviously not for salvation, almost everyone in that room, in that building, knew the Lord, had come to hear someone with an amazing history with the Lord, and the invitation was actually for those who needed the same kind of deliverance that had been shared from places around the world, impossible cases. And I found myself walking toward the front where those who had the same unction from the Lord were, and where this really gentle giant of a person waited to pray for each of us. I plan to talk with you more about this at another time, but I just want to tell you something. Under the prompting of the Spirit of the Lord, and really with a knowing of God's love and his heart of compassion for me, as I stood there of compassion for me, as I stood there waiting for this person to pray for me, I was completely I guess humble is the right word? Like what am I going to say? What will I say now that I'm here? Because again, it was the Lord who moved me.

You've probably experienced that too. Anyway, this question came to me. What is it that you're asking of God today?

What is it that you're asking of God today? And I didn't really express my response as a question. Actually, I made a statement. And I said, I described what I viewed to be the issue with just a little elaboration. Honestly, there was no room to talk a lot. Have you noticed that usually in God's presence there isn't room to talk a lot?

He just has the preeminence, right? And so this wonderful person just put two little fingers, I think it might have been the middle finger and the index finger, just right on my forehead, softly, and really took authority over the spirit of infirmity that was the source, the cause, the trouble of Israel, the trouble behind what I experienced, again, over many years. And then just asked God to bless and heal my body. And that was it.

That was all. And as I stood there, completely taken into the presence of the Lord, and His goodness, His love, His sweetness, as I experienced that just standing there, not really even thinking anything would happen. Something did. And it was similar to, I've described it this way before, to my children and our family. It was very similar to the effect of a function, a technology function where you can click and drag.

Click on an item and drag to move and place that item somewhere else. That happened. And the click moved the presence of that infirmity off to the side. Like a shadow, really.

I'm just telling you what happened. Like a shadow. It moved and I realized that had happened. And that image of me moved further and further away and then dissipated. It evaporated. And as I was there, I realized the pain was gone. Excruciating, multiple years of excruciating pain, it was gone.

And so, eventually, I went, returned to my seat, sat down with friends who hardly noticed that I had even been gone. That's how remarkable this was. It was carved out for me. It was carved out for me. It was divine. It was intentional. And it was the Lord.

No one else. This wonderful Christian speaker was God's agent, His minister of life. But I knew who touched me that day. And that effect, that healing, deliverance, and that magnified sense of who God really is has never decreased when I oughta, but I find myself always increasing in that memory. When I ponder and think what the psalmist said in Psalm 103, bless the Lord. My soul, bless the Lord. Don't forget this.

Don't ever, ever, ever ever forget this. He made known His ways to Moses, but He gave me and the children of Israel His acts. His acts He made known to me that day. So, I'm not sure the origin, you've probably heard this chorus or this little song. I'm not sure where it originates from.

It goes like this. He healed my body. He touched my mind. He saved me just in time. And it goes on to remarkably note the benefits that the psalmist said.

Don't forget those. He healed my body. He touched my mind. He saved me just in time. I'm gonna praise His name.

Wow. He's a good, good God. And He is not pent up pent up or limited in any way on any level. Please don't ever think that He is. He is good and His mercy endures forever throughout eternity. Amen. God bless you today. Don't forget this. Don't forget this testimony. He did this for me. He will do this for you. See you next time. Thanks again, and we'll see you next time.