As i was reading todays devotional titled"When God is Silent", i recalled what i was sharing yesterdaywith a sister in Christ about how God responds to our calls for healing or anything that we ask of Him with emphasis on my situation which i have not mentioned yet. I feel that once we are healed spiritually, we are healed physically...., sometimes God responds instantly and sometimes He does not. This He does to grab our attention and test our faith in Him, to trust in Him to do as He promises, so that we learn to wait on Him patiently without yeilding.
I suffer from Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease (C.O.P.D.) and have been on supplemantary oxygen since christmas 2005 when i was admitted to hospital with a severe chest infection that left me failing to the breath but thanks to the Lord i am here today to tell the tale. I was actually diagnosed 4yrs earlier a time at which i had turn to God and He did wonders for me but i fell of the wagon, resumed smokoing and drinking and my health gradually deteriorated culminating in the chest infection that put me on oxygen. I had stopped smoking nearly a couple of years before then and drinking a feww months before the attack which is when i rededicated my life to the Lord until now and the Lord has continued to work wonders for me.
He has given me a reason to live for, a more positive outlook on life, the ability to cope with my situation and make the most of it to the extent i have no regrets at all but not having turned to Him much, much sooner than i did. I dont go out much at all as i easily get breathless even as i am on oxygen 24/7 but do not miss out on whats happening out there at all because the Lord is with me where i am.
I always tell my fellow christians to thank the Lord as He has already healed me whenever they include me in their prayers and not to continue praying for healling because He heard their initial prayers for healing and besides as my father and creator He knew i'd need healing at a certain stage in my life. I know He has a very good reason and purpose for His approach to my illness and i regard my healing as an ongoing process thus i wait on Him patiently while my faith in Him gets stronger and stronger and i trust in Him more and more.
All considered, i feel that this is nothing compared to what many millions of people are going through all around the world that the only decent thing to do is to thank the Good Lord that i am alive.
Fellow christians, let us learn to wait on God with all the patience, faith and trust we can master for we all know that He never forsakes His own.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
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