(ThyBlackMan.com) As I put the finishing touches on my entry entitled Sick and Tired: Take Your Hands Off of Steering His Will: an exposition regarding how people haphazardly use God’s will to limit how they exercise faith, the sword I wielded doubled back and cut me in the process.
There are two sides to steering God’s will which must be addressed and there is something to be said for being too gung-ho – driven blindly by one’s passions and desires. My original purpose behind the piece was to express my frustration with Christians who rationalize an inability and unwillingness to heal the sick as an act of God’s will. However, what of the person who blindly goes out trying to heal the sick without heeding God’s will first?
I addressed this in my blog as well by stating that if sickness and disease are a result of sin – which is not a part of God’s original plan for mankind – then it would make sense that God would be in favor of ANYONE being healed from all manner of disease. Yet, there is something to be said for waiting to hear a word from God. 
When I first had my mind transformed and renewed regarding the possibility for to heal the sick and cast out demons by way of the Holy Spirit, I was HYPE!!! I can remember seeing a guy on the street who was walking with a limp deformity and speaking a healing into him under my breath. I was a young child playing with a new toy – anxious to discover its complexities and showcase it to the world. In doing so though, I skipped several steps that Jesus always did in His ministry.
I hadn’t sought out who had authority over him. I hadn’t laid hands on him or spoken to him about being baptized. I hadn’t given him a chance to position his faith by asking what is it he would like to have done regarding his infirmity. And most importantly, I hadn’t properly taught him (I sneaked him actually, by speaking a healing under my breath unbeknownst to him!) about the healing power and acceptance of Jesus Christ. So… quite naturally, it didn’t work. An important point that lies within that little exercise of mine is that I didn’t lose faith in the process. I didn’t stop believing. I still believe and still look for opportunities to manifest the power of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus.
YET… a more suitable time would come. When a demon-possessed man came to my Church two years ago asking for deliverance and no one else discerned his issue, the Holy Spirit told me what to do. “Get a trash can” – I heard Him say to me. To a layman’s ears, this may have seemed strange; but having read Pigs in the Parlor by Frank and Ida Mae Hammond, I knew exactly what it meant. Once he would go through the process of having his soul separated from an evil spirit of what it would later announce itself as “anger,” this man was going to spew a phlegm-like substance from his mouth… and he did. And he… was… delivered. Praise God!
The point in placing these two outcomes back to back is that I recognize my Peter-like zealousness. In my inner circle of friends, I’m even called “overzealous Pete” every now and again when it comes to advancing the Kingdom. I accept this as true because I know I can get ahead of God’s will, sometimes.
I recently did this with an opportunity to work with an organization known as the SEED Foundation in my home state of Maryland; but was able to rein myself in before getting too far ahead of myself and the Lord. Before I put my carriage before my horse, my wife and I sat down and sought out God’s will. It ended up that this His will was not for me to work with SEED in the capacity that I sought. More importantly, it ended up that I put my will to the side on what seemed like a perfect matching of my talents, background and experience and stood still to seek out God’s will. It is now a more prevalent thought in the forefront of my mind to seek His will in ALL things.
YET… I still hold true to my feelings about healing the sick. God’s will regarding this, in my mind, was given over 2000 years ago in the mandate commissioned by CHRIST Himself to ALL disciples in Mark 16: 15-18:
‘…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.’
As I continue to sort out the order of things (for God is NOT a God of chaos but of order as it states in 1 Corinthians 14:33), I simply stand at the ready. Ready to strike a blow to the disorderly demonic forces of this world. Ready to hear God’s Will for me to proceed forward.
Though my thirst for His knowledge and wisdom may give me a slight buzz, I’m ready to take the wheel. Though the draught of the Living Water may spew sloppily from my mouth, it is HOT as Jesus said He preferred it to be in Revelation 3:15-16. Though drunk off the power of the Holy Spirit, I learning how to walk accountably in it with the Lord as my designated driver. SELAH.
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