From my blog on Thursday, June 21, 2007:
“To be healed is not so much about being able to “do more things” for God, but about bringing glory to God.” I tend to think that it would be nice to get healed so I can throw myself back into all the stuff I think I should be doing. Maybe it would be more important to see how God can use this, than to prove to others than I am a superman able to do everything!
I have been working on my own current understanding of healing. I firmly believe that God can heal. I’m looking forward to a healing service a number of churches will incorporate into their Good Friday service this year.
At the same time, the sentiment above has kept coming back to me over the past few years. I wonder if I seek for healing for my own glory – to be able to do more so that people think well of me and they miss God’s miracle in it all? I think I’m getting closer to the point of writing this sermon – although I’m not sure it will be easy!