Why do some sick believers get healed when they pray and others don’t?
This is a super constant question I was fond of asking in my younger days. I would usually ask with serious confusion.
What really drives miracles, signs and wonders?
Is it that some humans are more special than others?
Or perhaps, God is moved by a particular person’s prayers over another?
I just didn’t get it. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love to ask questions.
I am super inquisitive and I am aware it could be tiring to those around, however, being in the know has always been my thing.
The major reason these questions began to bug me was because I saw/experienced God’s healing power first hand!
It was both astonishing and dumbfounding.
Best believe I have a story to tell lol!
So, precisely 10 years ago, as a teenager, I fell really ill and was on admission at the hospital. This period I must say, was one of the most trying periods of my life!
At this time, I had no foundation built in Christ. I was literally only surviving and doing life to the best of my abilities . This doesn’t mean I didn’t believe in my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, the only issue back then was that I was far from grounded in his words. My relationship with him could be described as being in the infant stage.
Just in case you think this story is about how God healed me miraculously back then, it’s not quite. Yes I got healed and was eventually discharged from the hospital.
All Glory to God! But my story is about another patient I met on the ward ; Bola.
Bola was in her mid twenties when I met her. She was a well spoken and pretty lady who had just birthed a baby boy before falling ill.
Asides her illness, which was the sole reason for her admission, she had another embarrassing problem; Nocturnal Enuresis.
Trust the nurse on the ward to embarrass her at every given opportunity. Her bed was right across mine on the ward.
Sometimes, I would hear Bola sobbing after one of the nurses was through with insulting/shaming her.
She and I had never really spoken before, but my heart went out to her each time I saw her cry on the bed.
I couldn’t stop wondering why she soiled her bed every night.
Is it that she never gained control over bedwetting since her childhood days?
Or perhaps she had a medical condition which required treatment? (Please note that at this time I was only a fresh medical student, so my knowledge base was absolutely skewed)
I walked up to her one morning in a bid to comfort her after the nurse’s back lash. I was unsure of how she would react but I guess the Holy Spirit gave me the confidence required to approach her.
As I walked up to her, she raised her teary eyes.
I spoke with uncertainty………
“Do you mind if I sit on your bed?”
She replied with a head shake. I then proceeded to comforting her, the best way I knew how to. I apologized on the nurses’ behalf for her uncouth behavior and after I spoke, something surprising happened.
Bola actually smiled at me! I saw this as a green light so I proceeded with my questions.
“Please ma’am don’t get offended by my next question.”
She looked at me with a facial expression I couldn’t really place, but I went ahead to ask.
“Why do you wet the bed every night?“
“Is that how you have always been or is it something that started recently?”
She was initially quiet but she finally responded.
“This nightmare began a few years ago, I don’t know what to make of it. Each time I sleep, I would wake up with a soiled bed and I somehow can’t control it.”
I sighed and felt for her, thoughts on if a Urologist could be of help started to cross my mind but then she made a request; She asked me to pray for her.
I was shocked by her request but I obliged. Please note that I obliged not because I really believed in the power of prayers then, but because I didn’t want to decline and upset an already sobbing lady.
So we prayed, and each time she responded with a loud AMEN. At the end of the prayer, she gave me a dashing smile just before I headed back to my bed.
Brethren! Would you believe that after this very day, Bola was free from the “shackles” of Nocturnal Enuresis.
Unbelievable right?
Bola was livelier, more confident and grateful! I honestly didn’t understand how she got healed by a simple prayer made by two ordinary ladies. Perhaps if a pastor was involved it would have made more sense to me.
This experience troubled me for a while. Then I confided in one of my close friends shortly after my discharge from the hospital. I narrated the story to him and asked what he made of it. His response is something I would never forget.
He said…………..
“She must have had faith in the healing power of Christ. She probably believed with all of her might that she would get healed, and so she got healed.”
The key lesson I took out of this experience is that Faith makes all the difference.
Do you remember the story of the gentile woman in the Bible?
Yes, the one whose daughter was possessed by a demon. She remained persistent and trusted in the healing power of Jesus Christ, despite not being an Israelite.
The truth is that her unwavering faith made her daughter’s healing possible.
Jesus made this clear
“Dear woman,” He said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.”
Matthew 15:2
As a Medical doctor, sometimes my knowledge of science shakes my belief in the healing power of our great God! It is something I have battled with over time. However presently, I have decided to put the doubts behind me.
You know why?
It is because the ways of the Lord beats human Logic.
“For we work by faith and not by sight!” 2 Corinthians 5:7
So one might ask, why do some people who seem to have great faith still not get healed and even sometimes die?.
Well, all I’lld say is that, I now believe that God sometimes heals people on earth to show his glorious might and healing power, and at other times, he simply takes his children home to end the suffering and perfect their healing.
Always remember, that there is more to life than earthly living. Earth more or less feels like a testing ground/environment . What really matters is our eternal life.
So regardless of the situation, and the outcome, God would always remain a merciful, faithful and just Father. We should never question his healing power, neither should we ever doubt his decisions because he knows best.
I do hope this post has blessed someone today. Take care peeps
