Healing Touch
A friend of mine, Teresa, participated in a mission trip to Afghanistan, which involved setting up a small medical clinic. Members on this trip treated hundreds of patients daily. On one particular day, Teresa noticed a man who came forward to be treated whose leg was horribly infected. When this man arrived at the clinic the team had already run low on medicine, but they were overflowing with the power of prayer.
The man’s wound was cleaned then the team laid hands on him and prayed over him in the name of Jesus. They wrapped his leg with bandages then sent him on his way. The next day at the clinic the man returned, pushing his way through the crowd. He handed Teresa a baggie that contained the bandages she had given him the day before. Also inside the baggie was a huge thorn that had worked its way out of this man’s leg.
The man proclaimed that he came back to the clinic in order to praise God and to thank the One the mission members called Jesus for his wonderful healing that took place following prayer the night before.
These dedicated, faithful men and women working in that medical clinic were simply following in the footsteps of Jesus. During His time on earth, Jesus traveled throughout the land touching and healing the sick and lame. He had such a reputation for healing people that we read in Mark 6:55:
“They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.”
Let us go and do likewise—pray for the sick, those who are crippled and those battling various diseases and through the power of Christ they will be made whole. One of the ministries of Rivers of the World (ROW) is to meet the physical needs of people worldwide. Log onto www.row.org to discover how we accomplish this mission.
