Let’s Waltz The Night Away
Above you can see Vernon, posing with one of his young dancing instructors. What’s so remarkable about that you may ask? Well if you had, like myself met Vernon seven years ago when I first became a minister of the World Healing Crusade the very thought that one day Vernon would be dancing and looking a picture of Health and Vitality would have seemed nigh impossible. In those early days of our meeting Vernon inhabited a world of darkness and pain and life did not hold any real joy for him. But over the years through my weekly visits to his home where I conducted a healing service and through his own determination and resolve he has started to emerge from that darkness and with encouragement change his quality of life for the better. He has nearly completely refurbished his home and now his life is full of numerous pursuits, so much so that these days I have to make an appointment to catch him in and sometime it means my calling on him as early as 08.30 in the morning. Vernon still has off days but he doesn’t let things spoil it for him. Vernon is just one of many of our Crusader friends that I have regularly called upon over the years and I continue to work in partnership with both them and the Lord for the betterment of their health and wellbeing. In many cases there has not been a quick fix to healing prayer but a gradual improvement over a period of time. One incident that sticks in my memory the most was when on one of my many ministerial visits I found myself in the waiting room of a local mental health facility. On arrival I saw there was only one other man in the waiting room and as I entered he looked up at me and noticed the blue cross that I wear in my jacket lapel. He had the most pathetic and sad look on his face, and he asked me, "Are you a minister?" I said, "Yes." He began to weep and proceeded to share with me his almost hopeless struggle with depression. Afterwards I gave his question some thought and then it came to me that sometimes maybe we are not actually praying at all. I remember seeing a behavioural psychology experiment using a lab rat that was given cocaine every time it pushed down a little bar. Within a day or two that rat was beating down on that little bar like crazy until it forgot all about eating, drinking or raising his rat family. God in His wisdom knows that if prayer was only just asking Him for what we wanted and "puff", we immediately got it, most of us would become like that poor rat, banging away like crazy at Heavens gate for more and more of what we want and paying very little attention to who God is, what do we really need and also forgetting about our responsibility to our family and others. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everything everybody asked for was immediately granted! Speak about chaos! No, I believe God's purpose in prayer is for us to get to know who He is and His holiness rather than to get Him to do our bidding. That does not mean that He will not hear our prayers and answer, but His purpose is not to make us happy, but to make Him known to us and others and by so doing bring about our own true joy and happiness. So I continue to visit all our Crusader friends, who for whatever reason are unable to call into the Sanctuary themselves. In praying together we find God’s purpose and in so doing bring about a Healing, sometimes it can be instantaneous or like in Vernon’s case gradual over many years, all it takes is that first important step. Would you care to join me for a waltz?
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