Ask, Believe, Receive

God hears our prayers, but the answers come in His time. I want to share something good that happened to me this week.

I went to the “residents’ dinner” and sat by a pastor and his wife who rarely come. He shook my hand and asked why I was using a cane. I explained that due to a fall, I’d had hip surgery, but I had an atrophied muscle that could not be reattached.

He asked what that was, and I explained it was a rotator muscle in the hip. He asked, “What does it do?”

I said, “When I try to pull my leg toward the center of my body, I feel a pull all the way up to my hip.” He made the move with his right leg, and I said, “You’ll have to turn your foot toward the center to feel the pull.” He did.

The next thing I knew, he was holding my right hand and, with bowed head, was quietly praying for God to heal the problem with my right leg. 

I said, “Thank you,” and we talked with the others at the table while waiting for dinner to start.

After prayer, I started to get up. I noticed his intense interest in my feet. Suddenly, he said, “You turned your foot!” I stopped to think about it and realized I had not felt a pull. I said, “You’re right. God touched me. I’ll be sure to give Him the glory.”

Later that evening, I noticed I had no pain in my hip, and my leg seemed easier to move toward the center. The next morning, it was the same. I had more freedom to move with no leg or hip pain. A definite difference!

The morning’s devotional was based on James 1:6, a reminder that we are to ask God for things in faith, without doubting. It seemed the pastor had done just that with his intense observation and declaration of faith the night before.

I had asked God to heal my hip several times. It hadn’t happened, but I believed it would, in His time. 

It did happen, and I can’t say, “Thank you, God,” enough! It's nice to no longer have to depend on a cane.

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