Healing Touch

Mathew 8:15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served Him.

Few weeks ago, the Lord led me to visit a brother and his wife in Delhi for fellowship and prayer. It was twelves years after I met this brother again. Our relation was "brother in Christ" since our college days in a prayer fellowship. Thus far, the Lord has been leading us, now all of us with family. Still the bond of brotherhood established in our common faith in Christ is eternal, no matter whatever differences there may visibly or invisibly exist in our pursuit of the Lord. The meeting was very enlivening as we fellowshipped on the sovereignity of God in all things including our health. 

This, my brother's wife, was recently diagnosed with a serious health issue, but I firmly believe the Lord allowed it for good, and have expressed the same in a way of comforting, cherishing and shepherding. At the same time affirming with faith in the Lord that she will be healed and recovered for the glory of God. Praise the Lord! If not for that unwelcome health issue we would have never met till date. My prayer was, and still is, with this brother and his beloved wife.

In the following days of surgical operation, we prayed over the phone and the word of the Lord was so shepherding.

Matthew 8:15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served Him.

On praying over this verse, the Lord's speaking to me also forwarded to the brother is amazing:

He touched her hand: Day by day, what we all need is the Lord's touching. His touching solves every problem and heals every disease. Often times, we are out of touch with the Lord, so through situation we have to be brought back to the Lord to be touched by the Lord and also to touch Him.

The fever left her: The issue of the Lord's touch is "the fever left her!" Whatever disease we are in, physically, psychologically or spiritually,  the Lord's touch is the ultimate panacea. With the Lord there is no enigma. His healing touch frees us from fever forever.

She arose and served Him: Well, the Lord's healing touch is not just that one is healed. If this is the sole purpose, it's only half job done. The Lord's healing touch always has a goal; to arise and serve Him. No wonder, many will not be touched by the Lord to be healed, as healing per se is not what the Lord wants, when He heals, He heals us that we serve Him. Though God is not narrow minded and selfish in doing things for Himself, in His supreme sovereignity He does all things to accomplish His divine purpose. That's why, often times, He allows diseases to befall His children with His multifarious divine wisdom. Only with the enlightened spiritual understand one will understand this mystery.  

How much we need the healing touch of the Lord! Many Christians are diseased in many ways, and the so called churches too. No amount of biblical knowledge or teaching or preaching can ever heal the spiritual diseases the children of God are snared into. Only the Lord's healing touch can. 

Therefore, I call upon my fellow Christians, to come to the Lord to be touched by His healing touch, that we all be healed of our internal and individual diseases, and our external and corporate diseases too. That the Lord may heal us of all our different doctrines, teachings, practices, beliefs etc., that divides the Body of Christ. That the fever of  "denominations" which is divisions instigated by the gates of Hades may leave us once for all, as he is also the defeated foe at the cross of Jesus Christ. That we may rise up in the resurrection of Christ in oneness with Him, and serve Him in oneness with one another in the Body of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ!

Lord, Your healing touch,

For this we pray; 

Touch and heal us.