Christ As Healer- Standing Firm

CHRIST AS HEALER 

Standing Firm 

Matthew 9:27-31

Opening Prayer: O Lord, You are my Rock, my Fortress and my Strong Tower.  You are my Strength and my Perfect Provider.  I praise You for showing me the way to be steadfast in You as You open my heart and my eyes to even more of You.  I long to abide in You.  In Christ’s holy Name I pray.  Amen. 

BELIEVE

The Word says that mountains can be moved because we have faith in God.  Though that faith may be as tiny as a mustard seed, it sparks the fire of increased faith within us as the Lord works in our hearts, minds, and circumstances to bring about His good, acceptable and perfect sovereign will in our lives.  In faith, believe that God can and will do the impossible, then leave the details to Him, knowing that He will work all things together for your good no matter what happens.  In the midst of it all, you will experience His healing, renewal, hope, encouragement and peace.

In faith the blind men believed Jesus and He opened the door to their healing.  That same faith is available to you as you step out to believe what you cannot yet see.  Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  This is what Jesus said.  Open your heart up to the power of Christ to do the impossible and believe that nothing can thwart His plans.  Trust in Him at all times and He will do immeasurably more than all you can ask or imagine.  Though the healing may not look like what you envisioned, it will be His perfect healing for you.  Praise Him for His goodness and mercy toward you.  

Consider these scriptures about faith:

Mark 11:22-24 

Hebrews 11:1 

Isaiah 55:8-9

Mark 9:24 

I Corinthians 15:58 

Luke 1:37 

Matthew 19:26 

Jeremiah 32:17 

Psalm 20:7 

GOOD TIMES

When good times come, we are tempted to become self-sufficient and to forget our complete dependency on the Lord.  We begin to believe that we can handle things on our own.  We fail to pray about everything, to seek Him first, and to seek Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.  We think that God is surely too busy or too small for our seemingly insignificant, mundane trials and that we can do “this one” apart from Him.  We lose our godly perspective and begin to look to worldly wisdom for answers.  However, the Word admonishes us to ”remember the Lord” and to seek Him first in all things.  

God’s blessings come to us in many ways, even through His discipline.  As He lovingly guides and directs our paths through hard times, we can be assured that He is maturing us in our faith and making us more dependent on Him in order to make us more like Jesus.  When we forget Him in good times, our growth in Him is stifled and we become stagnant in our faith.  Our hearts become hardened to the sound of His voice and we become disobedient.  Give thanks for the hard times as well as the good, for they keep us totally dependent on Him.  Walk intimately and closely with Him in the good times as well and He will abundantly bless that obedience.  

Consider these scriptures that admonish us in good times:

Deuteronomy 6:10-14

Deuteronomy 8:11-18

Deuteronomy 9:6 

Deuteronomy 4:23

Matthew 6:33 

Acts 5:29

John 15:4-8

Revelation 14:12 

YOUR DEPENDENCE ON THE LORD

God desires that we be completely dependent on Him at all times.  As children of God, we belong to Him and can depend on Him for everything, even for the smallest of things.  All is to be returned in total surrender to Him, seeking His disposition of it, not our own.  Every good and perfect gift comes from the Father above and is His to command, for all that we have, we have received from Him, including every breath that we take.   

Describe an area of your life where you desire greater dependence on the Lord.  In prayer, place that area of your life on His altar, surrendering it all to Him.  Journal your surrender to Him along with your hopes, fears, desires and concerns about this area.  Thank God for what He will do in this area of your life.  Give Him all the glory and say thank You for His amazing love and care for you in all things.  

Consider these scriptures before you journal:

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Matthew 16:24

Jeremiah 29:11 

I Corinthians 2:9 

I Peter 4:11 

Colossians 1:17 

I Peter 2:9 

Journal Entry-

RELECTING ON GOD’S WORD- What does each scripture say to you? 

Psalm 46:10

Psalm 72:8 

Isaiah 41:10

Psalm 139 

Psalm 121 

Psalm 56:4 

Romans 8:37 

Philippians 1:6 

Philippians 4:9

Closing Prayer: I praise You, my Lord, for Your revelations to me.  Continue to grow me up in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  May You be mightily glorified in and through my life as You complete the work that You have begun in me to make me more like Jesus. I abandon myself and all to You.  Order my steps in Your Word so that Your will is done and You are mightily glorified.  All these things I pray in Christ’s precious and holy Name.  Amen.