As a child I loved to mimic this line from Frosty The Snow Man. “I’ve got to get BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!” (Lol!)
In Daniel 12:4 it is prophesied that in the end times, “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Well, I think we all recognize that this has come to pass, especially in my life. Nose to the grindstone, so to speak.
But I once heard a well known Missionary speaking on ministering to people where she said, “You have to get low, and go slow.” I took this as, stop being so busy, and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s guidance.
During that time, my hubby and I had established our weekly date night that usually includes dinner out and conversation. We have about 5 restaurants we frequent in the town we live in.
Well, I recall one night we were at one of our favorite spots when the Lord put it on my heart to tip, not just our server, but a particular bus boy.
My hubby agreed and when he gave him the nice tip the young man was so happy he gave my husband a huge “I love you man” type of hug. Lol!
A few later we went back to this restaurant, and again, the Lord put it on my heart to tip this same young man.
I thought he was going to cry, he said “Guys you have no idea how much this means to me! NOBODY leaves me a tip, Ya’ll are the first ones to do that.”
Suddenly, it was also strong on my heart to ask him, “Is there anything we can pray with you about?”
He looked kind of startled and said, “Wow, it’s funny you should ask that, just today my dad was diagnosed with Cirrhosis of the liver, and they said he would be dead within 5 years.”
We talked just a few minutes, and I shared the good news with him that God wants his Dad to be well, and that healing is apart of the atonement of Christ.
(1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:4-6, and over 100 others verses. I have looked them all up.)
He said his family are Believers, and I told him that so am I, but when I was diagnosed with MS back in 2007 I had only heard that Jesus paid for my sins. No one had ever shared with me that He also paid for the effects of living in a sinful world- sickness/poverty/emotional distress etc. God did not send His Son to do only half the job. “It is finished.” And when I read the Bible for myself, and heard testimonies of other’s who were healed, I believed and received that good news for myself, and in 2007, I was totally healed of MS and never looked back. Praise Jesus!!!
But just like salvation, even though healing is provided for every one, God is not going to force us to receive it. Again, we must look at Jesus to see the Father’s heart/will for us. Jesus was always willing to administer healing, yet not everyone was willing to believe and receive.
So, that night I shared the full Gospel message with him.
I asked him if he wanted to pray, he jumped at the offer, and we came into agreement right then, that according to the word of God, the love, and the blood of Jesus – all sickness and disease would leave his Dad’s body, and that his Father would recover fully, and know the salvation of the Lord. Salvation in the Greek is “Sozo” and simply means “complete.”
Also, I felt impressed to leave him with a prescription, Proverbs 18:21. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, those who love it will eat it’s fruit thereof.”
Our words are important. The world was framed by words, and the Lord has given us a wonderful, and powerful gift, the power of the tongue for blessing/declaring God’s word in lives. But Satan wants us to use our words to curse ourselves and others. We can say what we have, or have what we say.
Not everything, but much of the things we are experiencing in our life, good and bad, can be traced back to words that we have spoken, or that were spoken over us. (But that is another column.)
Back at the restaurant I told him to look up every healing scripture he could find, and to share them with his Dad and ask him to meditate (chew on/speak/declare) them.
You know, the word of God is designed to act like “chewable” vitamins, so that we can absorb all the nutrients (love/grace/mercy/truth) which are the blessings of God into our hearts.
Now, I will not live in regret about all the times God nudged me to do something out of the ordinary, and I chose to ignore Him, or the times I will miss it in the future. We all will.
But, what I am encouraged to do is keep my heart tender to Him and enjoy our relationship and be more receptive to His leading.
And “get low, and go slow.”
Praise Jesus and to God goes ALL the glory!!
Contact Brenda Groves at: bkgroves1996@yahoo.com
