I have my mother’s hands; Arthritic. For the last few years I have been watching my hands swell and twist a little more each day so that my middle and pinky fingers no longer bent and my index fingers were trying to move to the center of my hands. Unable to see a doctor, I searched out every healing verse the Bible had to offer and claimed them. I’ve claimed my healing. What does that mean exactly? It’s like going to lost and found – they have the sun glasses you left on the table two days ago. They’re yours – you claim them. In the late 1800 there was a land rush in Oklahoma. Participant sought out a track of land and claimed it! There are websites that locate unclaimed property so you can claim it. Christians are saved, healed, loved, protected, and blessed – but we must claim it. For years I’ve been saying I know it. But saying I know I have these gifts, these mercies, is not claiming them. Claiming means you have no doubt they are yours. Christians have no doubt that Jesus became the sacrificial lamb. We know he died to reconcile us to God; our atonement. Peter informs us that by His stripes we are healed. If only we believe. All of God’s promises are delivered with faith. Yes, faith too is delivered. But still we have doubts. Peter walked on water until he doubted, then he sank like a rock! He was with Jesus. He saw all the miracles being performed. But he hadn’t yet claimed those awesome powers. Like Peter, we think that all those passages, they are referring to someone else – not me. Yes me! Yes you, too. I’m nearly 60 but I’m new to this claiming act. But I put my mind to it. I not only believed – I insisted. Each day for the last month I awake and examine my hands. First the swelling stopped. Then the twisted digits straightened. Today I can move all of my fingers. And by move I mean make a real fist! Each day I awake believing I am being healed – and I am. Perhaps if my faith was greater I would have received total healing all at once. Perhaps if I could have afforded medical treatment I wouldn’t have sought and received it at all. I sought it, believed it, claimed it and received it. I hope you will too.
crystallennon 