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Eyes Healed During Worship!
For many, many months I had great difficulty with almost constant
condition of blurry vision. Numerous times, I contacted my optician. At
first, he assured me my eye sight was within normal limits and there was no
need for concern or a change in my eye glass prescription. But after many
months, the optician was then beginning to see the changes which were
ever so slight. My condition had worsened and he therefore referred me to
a specialist.
After consulting with the specialist, he determined I may be in need of
some rather invasive surgical procedures that would “hopefully” repair the
difficulty but he had little assurance I would experience “full” and
“complete” recovery.
That day, I was scheduled for a “pre-op” appointment as well as a surgery
date. Almost immediately, I began to ponder in my own heart if this was a
necessarily wise decision. Thus, I began to pray quite consistently and ask
God for wisdom regarding my decision.
After several days passed by I consulted with a member of the ORC Prayer
Team. With much understanding of my dilemma and empathy for such a
decision, I shared with them that I was choosing to tell the doctor I would
trust God regarding the matter --- for a “complete” healing in my eyes --without any negative results as the doctor suggested earlier.
The good doctor then reassured me that God had commissioned doctors
and physicians to perform such medical and surgical work, which I did not
deny in any way. But I chose to continue and stand by faith my ground. I
knew that physicians and surgeons were really quite reliable but I chose to
believe even further that God, who never makes mistakes, could heal me
completely and without any error. I knew He was in the business of healing
people. I knew He was God. I knew He was Jehovah-Rapha. He stated
Himself, “I am the Lord who healeth thee” according to Exodus 15:26.
Several days had passed after I shared with the doctor my decision. My
pre-op date and my surgery date had been cancelled and they both had
passed. Many times I would pray and remind Jehovah-Rapha that I was
here waiting on His healing hand. The days still, continued to pass.
Then just three weeks ago, on a Saturday evening (March 8, 2014), my wife
and I decided to go to the Saturday evening worship service at ORC. As we
walked into the sanctuary and took a seat we began to reverently enter
into the worship. Without really giving much thought with regards to my
eyes nor even my vision, at that point we just rejoiced in the presence of
God that we knew was there.
Shortly afterwards, I was compelled for some reason to take a seat. As I sat
down, I placed my hands over my eyes and continued to pray and worship
God. After some time, I removed my hands and looked up. Immediately, I
noted that my vision was completely made whole. Praise God! He is
Jehovah-Rapha still! He is Jesus --- our Healer!
He (Jesus) is the same today as He was when the Israelites wandered the
wilderness long ago. In Hebrews 13:8, we learn that, “Jesus is the same,
yesterday, today (right now) and forever”. Hallelujiah! We can rest, by
faith, knowing that, “. . . by His stripes we WERE healed” (1 Peter 2:24b).