“……the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being, things that were not.”
Romans 4:17 (NIV)
There is enough power in this simple verse of scripture to give us the faith to believe for almost anything.
The words, “God gives life to the dead and calls into being the things that were not,” can pertain to anything in our lives that is perishing and needs new life.
A marriage relationship could be failing, needing new life, but God can resurrect it and call it back into being. A physical or mental health condition that was not whole, can become whole. I ask God to call back to life, the faith of two loved ones of mine, my brother and one of my sons, as their faith appears to have died. God can call into being, that which does not currently exist.
Whether it’s the health of a relationship or the health of cells, nerves, arteries, bones or joints, He can make what does not exist to be present and whole again.
If it sounds too hard to believe, here is one true story. A man in my church had surgery many years ago, which did not go well at all, and resulted in paralysis. He was told that his nerves were damaged permanently, and he would never recover. He suffered with his paralysis, until he heard of a healing prayer service, which he managed to go to. At that healing service, the emphasis was on the importance of forgiving anyone they need to forgive. Forgiving precedes healing. Faith moves mountains, but love is greater than faith. Healing can flow when unforgiveness is confessed to God.
(1 Corinthians 13:5)
Something miraculous happened that day, and he was healed after that. The “damaged or dead nerves” in his body were renewed, as if called back to life, and he has no deficits at all. His physical therapists and doctors still have no explanation for his recovery. He is a man of faith who would love the Lord whether he was healed or not. To this day, when he tells this story, he refuses to name the surgeon who performed the original surgery, which left him paralyzed. He completely forgave him, which means not slandering his reputation. I have never seen such true forgiveness, and healing that flowed from it.
We don’t bother God when we ask Him for the miraculous. Without faith, it’s impossible to please Him, since He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. (Hebrews11:6)
Jesus never reprimanded anyone for believing too much, He sure never said, “Oh ye of too much faith.”
If anything, He rebuked people for lack of faith. When we forgive and pray for our enemies, we remove our limitations on God, and can move on to trust and believe what Jesus said,
“he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.”(John 14:12)
He can resurrect faith in our loved ones who have stopped believing, or resurrect our physical health, psychological health, marital health, or the health of any broken relationships. We offer our prayers in the name of Jesus, who goes to the Father on our behalf, our resurrection power working God.
Lord, we believe your word, and forgive our enemies, trusting your resurrection power to bring a mountain moving miracle to that need in our life which we lift before you today. Amen