On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. ³⁸ Just then a man from the crowd shouted, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. ³⁹ Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he^[j] shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. ⁴⁰ I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” ⁴¹ Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” ⁴² While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³ And all were astounded at the greatness of God.” Luke 9:37-43

When we are healed from a disease or sickness, is it proper for us to consider our healing to be an act from G-d? That is a legitimate question. After all, when we believe that G-d gives us all kinds of gifts, some for preaching, some for teaching, and some for the medical arts, then those who work as doctors and nurses are using the gifts G-d has given them. Our secularized world has progressed in science and technology so far that the thought of G-d providing a miraculous healing rather than it being produced by humans, well many would consider that to be absurd. Yet, we believe that G-d works through the hands of doctors and scientists in the discovery of cures and the miracles of science. Is our current generation so faithless and unbelieving that we are unwilling to be astounded by the greatness of G-d?  As Christians we believe that everything is from G-d and everything was created by G-d. Look, if we believe that Jesus  heals us daily of our sins – shouldn’t we also believe that includes healings and miracles?

Pastor Dave