There’s Healing in His Wings

There’s Healing In His Wings “In the year that king Uzziah died I also saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” Isaiah 6:1 As for me, in the year that my life became plagued by one illness or condition after another in rapid succession, I too saw the Lord. I sought God like never before concerning my health issues as they seemed to appear out of nowhere with little or no warning. It was then that I realized that in order to lessen the amount of obscurity between God and me; my Uzziah(s) must die. I have learned that my Uzziah is anything that hinders my relationship with the true and living God. My Uzziah of unbelief, my Uzziah of doubt, my Uzziah of murmuring, my self-righteousness, my pride, my Uzziah of people pleasing, and my Uzziah of acceptance of the status quo. I had been convinced that I have no value of my own therefore I could never make a difference in God’s Kingdom. I was satisfied with being in the shadows, working behind the scenes to make others look good, nurturing a false sense that this was my lot in life. I truly believed that I am here to help others reach their potential while failing to realize that my life has purpose as well. It took many years for me to come to the knowledge that Psalm 139:14 includes me. It states, “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (KJV) I am a designer’s original. This past year so many things have happened in my life but through it all, God showed me little glimpses of Himself to keep me encouraged. I went through some hard times but God was right by my side. We all have a desire to be used by God but we don’t realize He is not enlisting advisors to tell Him what He should do. Nor can we hope to be placed on His distinguished Board of Directors. When we pray, “God use me”, we are surrendering our will to His and we don’t know how He will choose to use us. This is His opportunity to put our faith on trial. We serve an awesome God who has the ability to take something ordinary and make it extraordinary for His glory. Psalms 68:35 states it this way, “You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!” So many things are going on in our world today. The perilous times mentioned in the Word are beginning to manifest themselves at an alarming rate. The weather is doing things that no one in our generation has ever seen before, people place so little value on the life of another, and sickness has plagued our society like never before. But in the midst of it all, we have this hope in Jesus Christ: The Best Is Yet To Come. He’s coming back. I have asked myself in the past the question, “Am I living rapture ready?” The answer at the time was a resounding, “No.” No doubt the answer may still be no. All I know for sure is that because of God’s grace and His mercy, I am still here. It is not because of my righteousness because by God’s standards my righteousness is as filthy rags. God gave me the title and some instructions concerning this book almost ten years ago but I had to wait on further instructions. Yet when He directed me to move forward with this book, I thought it was unrealistic. I thought this was the very worst time to write about healing. I asked Him, “How am I supposed to write about healing in the midst of my own afflictions?” He said as He has before, “So they will know.” He reminded me that nothing we go through is ever wasted. I knew I would have to trust Him. In Matthew 15, Jesus refers to healing as the children’s bread. But you would not know it when you visit the hospitals. If the enemy had his way, the saints of God would be cheated out of a benefit that clearly belongs to us. Matthew 15:25-28 KJV states, 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. I began to realize that it is going to take real faith to get me through the days ahead. I also believe God’s Word. James 2:18 KJV states, “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.” Verse 20 sums it up by stating, “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” Recently God has taken me through a series of books by Smith Wigglesworth. He started me out with books on faith, then on believing, with two books entitled, Only Believe. Now my faith must stand trial because my actions must match my confession. I can say I trust God and I have faith but when circumstances arise to test my faith, am I able to stand on God’s Word? Will my actions indicate real worship in spirit and in truth? I went back and read 1 Peter 4:12-13 KJV, “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial as though something strange is happening to you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of who God is and what He can do. That is why it is so important to surround yourself with people who can stand with you in your time of trouble. You need positive people who will speak life into your situation. The Word says that one can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand to flight. Matthew 18:19, 20 KJV states, “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” I have to be honest, no matter how you protect yourself from negativity; the enemy has a way of penetrating your fortress with someone who will try to keep you discouraged. Someone who will cause unnecessary problems to distract you and cause you to waste precious time trying to extinguish little fires they take great joy in setting. We have to pray for them and forgive them so that we don’t lose our healing. It’s sad that this happens but all too often it does, even among those who profess Christ as their Lord and Savior. I have two reasons for addressing healing, the first is in obedience to God and the second reason is because God healed me in 1986. I know first-hand about God’s healing virtue because He healed me against all odds when I had gangrene in my stomach and the bacteria had circulated throughout my system. According to a song by Tye Tribett, Same God (If He Did It Before), He is the Same God and if He did it before He can and will do it again. Even though I spent six weeks in the hospital and underwent two surgeries, I know that the doctor did not heal me, my mother, as fervently as she prayed and as tenaciously as she held on to her faith, did not heal me, and I certainly did not and could not heal me. God healed me. Malachi 4:2 KJV states it this way, “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” The NIV says, “But for you who revere my name, the Sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.”