For those of you who don't know me, I am a hopeless analyzer as well as a reader. I like to explore things to death (not literally of course). So lately, I have been reading a lot about miracles, such as healing and visions. I attend a church that not only believes in all that stuff but practices and encourages it as well. As things such as healing have been getting more common, our staff has had much debate over this. In fact, because of these discussions, I have been reading about theological views on healing and listening to different arguments.
I find it fascinating. Perhaps you do as well. The debate on divine healing is a common one. Does God heal today? It is always his will to heal? What happens when someone doesn't get healed? Was is something on my end? Was there sin in my life? Did I not have enough faith? You get the point. I read some of these books and while I like what they say, there are theological holes, on both sides of the coin.
In my studies though I have noticed one common trend. Those who believe in miracles and pursue them see them occur much more often (by the way, miracles aren't just a nice "extra". We are called to pursue them). Those who sit around saying they happen but only by God's sovereignty, or that it is not always His will to heal rarely see miracles. It doesn't make sense to our minds when we believe with everything and have failures, but I would rather at least go for it. Perhaps part of miracles is that they don't fully fit within a theological framework. Or perhaps I am just ignorant (that's quite possible). But regardless, I want to make up my mind in such a way that I see more miracles manifest in my life.
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