The Healer

     In the Bible, Jesus didn't always heal the same way every time.  In Matthew 8:5,  He told the Centurion that as he believed, it would be done.  In Matthew 8:14, and 9:24, He touched the hands.  In Matthew 8:32, He said, "Go" and the demons left the two possessed men.  In Matthew 9:2, Jesus forgave a paralytic his sins, then told him to get up and go home.  In 9:22, the woman touched the hem of His cloak and she was healed.  He touched the eyes of  blind and mute men in Matthew 9:29 after he asked them if they believed.  In Mark 8:22, Jesus spit into his hand then put his hands in the blind mans eyes.  A man that was born blind, in John 9:6, Jesus made mud out of his spit and put it onto the mans eyes.
     There is no magical pattern that will work every time, there is no routine to follow.  Jesus gave us a guide line on how to pray to the Father, but God also showed us with Moses that it is not what we do that is as important as just listening to the Lord and being obedient.  In Exodus 17, God tells Moses to strike a rock with his staff to get water, the next time that Moses wanted water, he did the same thing, but didn't get water because God told him to do something different.
     The next time you need to be healed, ask God to show you how to pray for what you need.  We want the quick answer.  One prayer and we think, okay, that's it.  But if you think about all the different illnesses, and all the different medications that there are.  What if we took pain killer for strep throat, we wouldn't get well.  And even taking antibiotics,  if we don't take them as prescribed, the illness might come back and maybe be worse.
     Just as you would listen to the doctor, listen to the Holy Spirit.  If you went into a doctors office and did all of the talking, then went home, you wouldn't have any ides what to do.  What makes us think that the long prayer will get the healing?
     We need to ask, then listen for the Holy Spirit.  And most important, we need to be obedient when we hear Gods voice.