The Hidden Power of Healing Prayer by Mahesh Chavda

Author:Mahesh Chavda
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Body, Prayer & Spiritual, Christian Life, Religion, Healing, Prayer, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780768423037
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2001-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Part Two

Walking in the Healing Anointing

Chapter Six

Entering the Miracle Dimension

AS WE make OUR way down the river, it is very easy to become so comfortable and so self-satisfied that we don’t want to do anything to “rock the boat.” It’s also easy to get so caught up with our own journey that we forget we are not alone. All we have to do is look around to see that we are part of a vast host of voyagers, all traveling downstream in our separate little boats. Some folks are in their “Pentecostal” boat; others, their “Baptist” boat, or their “Methodist,” “Presbyterian,” “Episcopalian,” or “Catholic” boat. Some boats are stately yachts of “tradition,” while others are sassy speedboats of the unconventional, darting in and out among the other boats, kicking up waves wherever they go. Strangely enough, there are even a number of boats that are laboring to make their way upstream, against the flow of the current!

While a bold few have ventured into midstream, where the current is the strongest, the vast majority of boats stay close to shore, hugging the riverbank. Along the riverbank, watching as this great flotilla sails by, are the millions who have not yet even begun the journey. Many boats come and go, stopping along the bank to talk to those who are on the shore. Afterwards, many of those standing at the water’s edge launch out into the stream in little boats of their own. In this way, the fleet grows ever larger.

All of us who claim the name of Christ are on the same journey together in the river of God. We progress in different ways and at different speeds according to our background, circumstances, traditions, understanding, and maturity. If we are in Christ, we are all headed in the same direction. Most Christians are content to stay close to shore, where the current is gentler and the challenges smaller. There are others, however, who have a boldness about them—some might even say a “reckless” streak—who are not satisfied with being anywhere other than midstream. They possess a thirst, a drive to press forward for the fullness of God, regardless of the risks.

We can never experience the fullness of God’s purpose and power until we are willing to put our “boat” squarely in the middle of the current, allowing it to be drawn along by the flow of the Spirit. Sometimes, in fact, the Lord even challenges us to get out of the boat and plunge directly into His flow. For many of us, that means entering a whole new dimension of our walk of faith.

A Cup of Water for the Bread of Life

Like all of us at one time or another, I once was one of those who stood on the riverbank watching the boats go by. I was safe, high and dry on the shore of Hinduism until one day one of those boats came in. My family was descended from an aristocratic Hindu background. We could trace our ancestry by name back eight hundred years in the past.

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