Leaning
February 12 [Sun], 2012, 15:53
These days hobbling by I'm reminded of Israel/Jacob who wrestled with God for a blessing, and got a limp instead. I don't know why, but the preachings I hear sound hardly convincing about how God wants Israel to lean on Him...
Well, more than bashing someone else's preaching, I was drawn to the fact that Jacob's hip got wrenched and yet it says God blessed him TWICE! God changed his name to Israel here once and again later when he returned to that spot to raise an altar to God. It was interesting that he didn't mention something like "this is where I wrestled with God and he spared me of my life but left me with a lifelong limp." He said something along the lines of "I want to go back and build an altar unto God (tho He told me to), but also because He answered me when I was distressed and has been with me wherever I have gone."
I mean, no where in the bible did I see Jacob asking God to come fight him or anything, and God came, ended up wrestling Jacob and wrenching his hip. WHO ON EARTH WOULD COUNT THAT AS ANSWERING A DISTRESSED CALL? So i decided that something amazing must've happened that wasn't recorded. Something like within the blessing, Jacob's hip was restored after he limped by for a few days. Well, maybe less than that. After all, he bowed to his brother multiple times as his bro came by, so if he had a limp, I'm telling you, no way in the world would those be bows, they'd be accidental falls from lacking balance, but no! The bible says they were bows and so I think my belief that Jacob received miraculous healing as part of the many blessings package is pretty reasonable.... HAHA anyways.
I was then reminded of a powerful testimony. One is recorded in the bible, the other was someone real. Ok. So bible one first?
It's the story of Sarah. No one realised how she received miracle restoration of her womb for her to conceive did they? Well, neither did I till someone pointed that out to me.
It was someone who wrote in to share about their testimony. This lady was diagnosed with a cancerous cyst in her womb. She suspects she's undergoing menopause, but she doesn't want to have that happen to her womb yet. She prayed and believed for renewal like Sarah's, and she got it. She had her period again, (for the first time in a while to emphasize the miraculous aspect, yo peoples!) and the cyst was gone. She went for multiple scans after and proved so. She had multiple scans before that too!
So anyways. My story is... well you know I sprained my knee while skiing for the first time in my life.The scan says it's a ACL tear on my right knee. I really couldn't bend at all for a few days and by the 4th or 5th day i can, up to about 30 degrees or so. Well today, I was taking the bus and it jerked as I switched seats for more comfort and so that my straightened leg wouldn't be in the way of other passengers. The jerk from the bus made me sit down suddenly and bend my knee suddenly. well people, IT HURT LIKE CRAP not to mentioned it was damn scary when that happened, cuz after all I'm really protective of my leg these days.... So being stressed by my inability to do so many things, to not block the way and to not take forever just to sit down, I prayed a frustrated prayer and asked for a miraculous and instant renewal in the muscles of my knee. Honestly, there werent any angels' singing like heaven was opened feeling, no warmth to tell me some healing was taking place, nothing. Just my hissing frustration and my coldish hands on my knees that were covered by my jeans. Well, when I was done, somehow, I decided, no harm trying right? I bent my knee a bit more than usual, slowly... felt my knee guard pressing against my leg so I stood up and felt no pain, no strain, just... nothing. I walked on to the toilet and well I'm not sure if it's refleces or just habit, I started limping in the way I usually do. I decided to try it out properly and guess what, I can bend more, without trouble, without pain.
I'm believing God for FULL and ABUNDANT restoration to my knee that I can live my active sporty lifestyle even before I head back to Singapore.
I know my tears are precious in His sight and I believe that He is ever confident of the completeness of His work at Calvery, so because of His big faith, my mountains are moved.
Keep thanking and praising God with me!
And thanks for all the concern!!!
Well, more than bashing someone else's preaching, I was drawn to the fact that Jacob's hip got wrenched and yet it says God blessed him TWICE! God changed his name to Israel here once and again later when he returned to that spot to raise an altar to God. It was interesting that he didn't mention something like "this is where I wrestled with God and he spared me of my life but left me with a lifelong limp." He said something along the lines of "I want to go back and build an altar unto God (tho He told me to), but also because He answered me when I was distressed and has been with me wherever I have gone."
I mean, no where in the bible did I see Jacob asking God to come fight him or anything, and God came, ended up wrestling Jacob and wrenching his hip. WHO ON EARTH WOULD COUNT THAT AS ANSWERING A DISTRESSED CALL? So i decided that something amazing must've happened that wasn't recorded. Something like within the blessing, Jacob's hip was restored after he limped by for a few days. Well, maybe less than that. After all, he bowed to his brother multiple times as his bro came by, so if he had a limp, I'm telling you, no way in the world would those be bows, they'd be accidental falls from lacking balance, but no! The bible says they were bows and so I think my belief that Jacob received miraculous healing as part of the many blessings package is pretty reasonable.... HAHA anyways.
I was then reminded of a powerful testimony. One is recorded in the bible, the other was someone real. Ok. So bible one first?
It's the story of Sarah. No one realised how she received miracle restoration of her womb for her to conceive did they? Well, neither did I till someone pointed that out to me.
It was someone who wrote in to share about their testimony. This lady was diagnosed with a cancerous cyst in her womb. She suspects she's undergoing menopause, but she doesn't want to have that happen to her womb yet. She prayed and believed for renewal like Sarah's, and she got it. She had her period again, (for the first time in a while to emphasize the miraculous aspect, yo peoples!) and the cyst was gone. She went for multiple scans after and proved so. She had multiple scans before that too!
So anyways. My story is... well you know I sprained my knee while skiing for the first time in my life.The scan says it's a ACL tear on my right knee. I really couldn't bend at all for a few days and by the 4th or 5th day i can, up to about 30 degrees or so. Well today, I was taking the bus and it jerked as I switched seats for more comfort and so that my straightened leg wouldn't be in the way of other passengers. The jerk from the bus made me sit down suddenly and bend my knee suddenly. well people, IT HURT LIKE CRAP not to mentioned it was damn scary when that happened, cuz after all I'm really protective of my leg these days.... So being stressed by my inability to do so many things, to not block the way and to not take forever just to sit down, I prayed a frustrated prayer and asked for a miraculous and instant renewal in the muscles of my knee. Honestly, there werent any angels' singing like heaven was opened feeling, no warmth to tell me some healing was taking place, nothing. Just my hissing frustration and my coldish hands on my knees that were covered by my jeans. Well, when I was done, somehow, I decided, no harm trying right? I bent my knee a bit more than usual, slowly... felt my knee guard pressing against my leg so I stood up and felt no pain, no strain, just... nothing. I walked on to the toilet and well I'm not sure if it's refleces or just habit, I started limping in the way I usually do. I decided to try it out properly and guess what, I can bend more, without trouble, without pain.
I'm believing God for FULL and ABUNDANT restoration to my knee that I can live my active sporty lifestyle even before I head back to Singapore.
I know my tears are precious in His sight and I believe that He is ever confident of the completeness of His work at Calvery, so because of His big faith, my mountains are moved.
Keep thanking and praising God with me!
And thanks for all the concern!!!
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