One of my sisters in Christ posted something last week based on the
Scripture‎, Matthew 9:12, “But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them,
They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.” The
version she used, says it this way, "IT IS NOT THE HEALTHY WHO NEED A
DOCTOR, BUT THE SICK!" and it jumped off the page at me because God had
spoken this Word in my Spirit years ago and He reminded me of it just
last week.

One night, my son Joseph was very sick and as I went to pray for him and
meditate on my Scriptures for the night, God revealed something to me.
Joseph had a doctor’s appointment that day and he was fine prior to
going to the doctor. But after leaving the doctor’s office, he became
ill. He had a headache, a fever of 102 degrees and he was lethargic,
weak. God said that unaware he picked up a germ in the place that is
supposed to make him well. The place that is supposed to make him well.
BUT sick people go there. They go to the place that will make them well.
The doctor’s office, the hospital, and the church. Sick people go to
church.

And God spoke two things in this,… In this day and age where times are
getting more and more evil, we’ve got to make sure we have on the full
armor of God. We’ve got to be prepared. Just as in a doctor’s office,
many pediatric offices have waiting areas for those that are sick
patient visits and those that are well patient visits. They know that
the sick will infect the healthy. And God knows that the sick will
infect the healthy in the church, too. So we have to have on God’s full
armor to protect us from sickness.

Sick people come to church to receive healing, but they need healing
from all sorts of illnesses, things. Many come with “spirits” attached
to them. Alcoholism, attitude problems, sexual impurities, all sorts of
sicknesses. They come burdened down with sin. With hostility, anger,
resentment, bitterness. And we who are stronger, healthy, have got to be
prepared and must be ready for them. We’ve got to know that we can
easily pick up a germ from anywhere, but if we are prepared we won’t
keep it. We can fight it off, because God has given us the power to do
so. The power to love them through it. The power to pray for them. The
Bible says, the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, availeth
much… God makes tremendous power available to those who seek Him and we
must continue to do so, even the more, to rid ourselves of “unwanted
germs” and get this, to help anyone else get rid of theirs. Which is the
second thing, God said.

It is not the healthy that need a doctor it is the sick. People come to church because they recognize the need for a Savior. They recognize
that without God, they cannot do anything. Without God in their life,
their life really has no meaning. They recognize that life is hard and
they cannot live it VICTORIOUSLY without help. They realize that they
are hurting and no man on this earth can fill the void that they have so
they come to church. Seeking help. Seeking God. The sick come to church
for healing. To seek the doctor, the MASTER PHYSICIAN, Who is the only
one that can heal them. And we as the church and even those outside of
the church, should recognize and appreciate that. When we see someone
fall short, someone hurting, we need to be pray for them, that’s why we
see it. I said it before, God doesn't just show you
stuff so you can talk about it. He shows it to you so you can do
something about it. They need help. They need deliverance. And where
else will they get it? The household of God. The church.

I go to church because I know I have a need for a Savior. I have a hurt that only He can heal. I want to be made better that I could be
better for somebody else. To be a better mother, a better wife, a better
friend, a better person. And get this, a better Christian.


I went to God that night on behalf of my son and asked Him to touch him
like only He could. To raise him up and take the fever away and make him
better. And then I went to bed and when I woke up, Joseph was himself
again. Praise God! God answered my prayer and healed him.

I recognize that sometimes I am sick too. And Jesus is the only one who
can make me whole. It is not the healthy that need a doctor, it is the
sick. It is not those who are perfect that need a Savior, it is the ones
who want to be perfected that need Him.

Perfect me Lord. Heal me Lord. I stand in need of you today and every day that You give me.

God is real.

A servant of the Lord,

Sis. E

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