Just because it's true, doesn't make it truth.

Just because it's true, doesn't make it truth. Worship Pastor James Goddard from Victory World Church said that during the 2016 Spring Capitol Retreat. It's something I will never forget. He was referring to sickness and disease (or any type of ailment).

What Pastor James was saying was that just because you may be in pain or experiencing some type of ailment it doesn't make it Truth. It is true that it hurts, it is true that it may debilitate you, it is true that it may cause anguish...but the Truth is that Jesus was whipped for every single disease, sickness, brokenness, etc. that you will ever experience and by the stripes he bore on His back you are healed.

But do you believe that?

There are many accounts in the Bible, especially in the Gospel of Luke, where Jesus heals people and responds with saying something similar to "your FAITH has made you whole (or healed you)." What that tells me is that your belief in His ability, His power to heal you is very imperative. A friend of mine once told me that he believes God can heal others, but he struggles with believing God can heal him. Now, before you think that sounds pretty crazy think about it. Many of us are guilty of hearing about brother Ray Ray being sick and quick to start praying for him. But at the onset of a cold we rush to the local pharmacy to get medicine. No, I am not saying you shouldn't take medicine, but I am asking why aren't we so quick to pray for ourselves when it comes to healing?

I'll admit. I'm guilty. But I also hate taking medicine so I usually just end up getting worst (y'all pray for me, lol). But seriously.... why is that?

Currently, I am experiencing pain that I can't even begin to describe to you guys. It's as if the more I breathe the more intense the pain gets at times. At first I wasn't praying to God about it. But one day, I experienced pain so intense that I couldn't sleep and was literally in fetal position crying in my bed. Something in me said "your Father is a healer, call out to Him" and quite frankly I didn't have anything else to do. So, I said “okay God. What you got?” and I started praying as loud as I could and within minutes I was sleep—pain free. When I woke up the following morning, I remembered Pastor James saying "just because it's true, doesn't make it truth." So now when the pain comes I start praying to my Healer, my Father. It doesn’t make my pain non-existent, but what it does remind me that this pain is temporary and that I was healed 2,000 years ago.

So, what pain are you experiencing? What are you needing healing from? I promise you God was and still is your healer. Just because you don’t SEE the healing, doesn’t make it any less real. I mean, he does tell us to walk by FAITH and not by SIGHT! Because if we walked this walk by what our eyes could see then we wouldn’t need faith right? But your faith alone can be the breakthrough you’re needing.

I believe. So should you.