I wanted to put up what I wrote today that was in response to some people who were questioning if a girl really got healed (and yes, she did, see for yourselves–the video of the girl’s leg growing out!). I’ve heard a lot of people respond to seeing healings like, “I believe God heals, but not like that.” Or “I don’t think He needs to prove Himself by doing it that way.” Or “I have met a lot of “Christians” who claim they have healed people or have experienced these great things, but I would like to have seen it myself because I at least I could have known for sure if it really happened.” Stuff like that.

So…here we go…

If God is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine, you’re putting Him in box if you think He will do otherwise. I don’t think I’ll ever stand before God in Heaven and hear Him say, “Laura, you just believed in me too much. I’m good, but not that good.” He LOVES doing stuff like in this video—because the girl is now pain-free and in a healthy physical state, full of joy and the love of God! She had a love-encounter with God, how awesome is that?! Her specific needs were met simply because God loves, and He loves all the time. This moment of rejoicing is not and never will be tainted by finger-pointing and disbelief—God is bigger than that. The testimony of this healing will lead others to get healed, too!

If you want a healing on your terms, well, you will probably be waiting…and waiting…and waiting. It’s kind of like if you were looking for something you lost even when it was right under your nose—it was there all along, but you just never saw it. Skepticism and being “the devil’s advocate” (yeah but…yeah but…) are choices that not only validate your own doubt, but also sow doubt into other people, which is dangerous for new Christians to witness. If there is a healing or miracle right in front of your eyes and you STILL choose not to believe, you will walk further and further away from God and His truth. I urge you, seek truth! And investigate things in order to prove them true, which is the biblical method, rather than investigating them in order to prove them false.

And if you must appease your mind, go with someone to the doctors who noticed a difference or got healed to make sure something has changed or was healed. HOWEVER, if you focus on and allow your skepticism and doubt to rise every time you encounter a healing or miracle, that’s exactly what you will believe, REGARDLESS of what actually happened. You will see what you want to see.

Those who believe a lie will be offended by Truth.

If you see a healing and are offended by it, it’s because you believe it should not happen or that God cannot or will not do it. God is so much bigger than that!! Jesus did miracles for specific reasons–big and small–to show that He was sent by God and to love on people. Do you think He stopped doing miracles to appease the people who were doubting Him and asking for a sign on their own terms? Nope. Have you seen a leper? Jesus healed them–I bet he offended a lot of people with that one, because in their mind, that’s not supposed to happen. How about when Jesus spit in mud and rubbed the slop in a blind guy’s eyes…how do you think people reacted to seeing that? How would you react if you saw that today? Jesus offended a lot of people by just doing what He saw His Father doing. He also called people out when they were being doubtful, even his own disciples, and He was not always nice about it—confrontation doesn’t have to be fluffy and nice to have love at the core.

Jesus gave us the keys and the authority over every sickness, disease, demon, work of darkness, etc.–we have been commissioned.  This means we actually have to believe and do something with this authority, which is what these people did in this video.  And so we rejoice.