Windrunners Blog

In this blog and the accompanying book Cancer's Windrunners, I want to share with you what I have learned from a group of amazing patients who journeyed with God through their cancers. They seemed to live lives of more purpose, meaning and joy — and often longer than I ever expected. Whatever was going on with them I wanted — and wanted to pass on to my other patients. HERE IT IS IN BLOG FORM.

For opportunities of a secular journey in a life with cancer, see the Bell Lap Blog.

22 - THE PURSUIT OF HEALING

There's nothing wrong with pursuing physical healing with God, just don't make it your primary focus. God doesn't.

There is a way to go about it and that starts with avoiding the stumbling blocks, those myths that so easily distract and confuse even the most ardent believers. The greatest myth starts with if we believe, obey, and confess, he will heal. There are several iterations of that myth that the Dragon uses to manipulate, exhaust, deceive, in to then defeat us:

23 - WHAT GOOD IS FAITH WHEN I AM SICK?

The truth is that your faith moves God to save you (Romans 10:9 – 13, Ephesians 2:8) and in your salvation comes your healing. "But when you are healed, rest entirely on what the sovereign purposes of the healer are!

Standing fast in faith, trusting Jesus, does guarantee you will be healed eternally whether or not your healed physically now.

Confessing your belief and claiming your healing is neither a requisite measure of your great faith nor a mechanism to obligate God to deliver on it.

24 - HOW TO RECRUIT GOD INTO YOUR HEALING

Is anyone of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (James 5:14 – 16)

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