“When [Jesus] had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing” (John 9:6-7).
You may wonder, What should I do to act on my faith?
Don’t do something because it worked for someone else. Let God show you how to act in faith.
Jesus spit in the dirt, made clay of the spittle, put it on a blind man’s eyes and said, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” (John 9:6-7). But He didn’t tell anyone else to go dip in that pool. Jesus gave people a whole variety of instructions for acting on their faith.
I had a friend who was waiting for God to heal him from severe sugar diabetes. He heard of someone who had thrown away his insulin, so he thought, “That’s my step of faith! If I throw away this insulin, God will have to do something.”
But the man almost died! He tried to make something happen instead of acting because he believed God had already healed him.
Another time, I traveled for a summer with a group that included two people who had sugar diabetes. I watched these people throughout the summer. They had to check the amount of insulin they needed every day. Every time they checked, they said, “Thank You, Father. I believe I’m healed by Jesus’ stripes. Glory to God!” Then they’d take whatever insulin they needed.
The insulin wasn’t healing these two people; it was just keeping them alive. A week or so later, they’d need a little bit less insulin. They’d take whatever insulin they needed, but they’d always say, “Thank God, I believe I’m healed.”
Over a period of about three months, I watched both of these people get healed of diabetes. By the end of the summer, neither one of them needed any insulin!
So let God teach you what you need to do to act on your faith. Then obey Him, and be healed!
God shows me how to act in faith, and I follow His
instructions and praise Him because His Word is true!!
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.