Expecting

"Pray for me" is a phrase we are all very familar with, but is it biblical?  How about "If it be thy will" prayer?  Is it biblical? Listen to F.F. Bosworth from his book Christ the Healer: Neither the spiritual nor the physical phase of the Gospel is to be applied by prayer alone.  Seed is powerless until it is planted.  Many, instead of saying, "Pray for me," should first say, "Teach me God's Word, so that I can intelligently cooperate for my recovery." We must know what the benefits of Calvary are before we can appropriate them by faith.  David specifies: "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases."

He goes on to explain that SIN and SICKNESS go hand in hand and our attitude toward both should be the same.  That is a hard concept for us, because we are so used to being sick and we embrace sickness as part of life, but in truth sickness came with sin.  Jesus, our substitute took our sin AND our sickness.  That's what it says!  So why do we stop with salvation?  

I think sometimes is because we expect the healing immediately and sometimes the healing begins but perhaps manifests slowly. "Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.  For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may reform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away (and enjoy to the full) what is promised.”

Noah expected for 120 years, rain. What are you expecting?

Blessings