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why people should think before they "speak" something
12.22.02 11:56 a.m.
Ok. I have a grievance to bring. I've had just about enough of it. So the guy who was preaching today was rambling on (our pastor is out of town for the week), and eventually he got to the part of his message where God healed him then healed his cousin's husband. Wonderful. Great. THe only thing was that before God healed his cousin's husband, the guy (we'll call him "Bob") had been told by God to go and "speak life" over the sick guy instead of offering condolences and agreeing with the death sentence the doctors had given him. Yeah...whatever; fine and dandy...until he quoted the Lord's prayer where it says, "...Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...," and followed it up with, "There's no sickness in heaven, so why are we claiming it here?" Just a second. What did you say? "Why do we claim it here?" Who's claiming anything, unless "claiming" means admitting that sickness does indeed exist because Satan has basic control over this world and the world is imperfect? It's not a matter of believing in it or not; it clearly exists. "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" is a statement of surrendering control of our lives to God. It's God's will that none should perish (be separated from Him), not that everyone should go through life floating on some cloud not having any problems. "Well, we shouldn't be sick because God promised He'd heal all our sicknesses." Yep. Sure did. So why are you "claiming" healing now? Couldn't that mean He heals us by taking us to heaven? We may be children of God, making us heirs to His power, but where do we get off being so arrogant as to think we somehow activate God's promises? It's His prerogative; He heals when He wants to and doesn't when He doesn't want to. When did we gain control and lose sight of "His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts"? All of a sudden it's "we know best" instead of "God knows best," and i'm straight up sick of it. Pray just what's in the Lord's prayer - "Thy will be done" - and you should be fine whatever the outcome...or don't you trust Him? a brief and terribly undescriptive return - 10.28.04 |