Why is it So Hard for God to do Miracles?

[King's Child]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

It IS hard. Trusting God doesn't mean that it is easy. Sometimes it is the most difficult thing in the world. However, He is worth my trust. He has proven that, as difficult as it may be sometimes.

Yeah I know. I prayed and prayed for God to heal my son's ear. I even told my son "Don't worry God will heal it." But he didn't heal it. My son's ear had to be removed. That was hard. (Don't get me wrong that is not nearly as hard as losing someone.) But I had to accept that it was not God's will to heal him.

[ManOfWord]

Originally Posted by King's Child

Yeah I know. I prayed and prayed for God to heal my son's ear. I even told my son "Don't worry God will heal it." But he didn't heal it. My son's ear had to be removed. That was hard. (Don't get me wrong that is not nearly as hard as losing someone.) But I had to accept that it was not God's will to heal him.

That is the hard part about faith/trust. I still speak healing and pray positively, but I am trying harder and harder not to speak for God in that way. He will speak by either healing or not. He is in control of healing, we're not. He is the Healer, I am not. I must continue to remind myself of that.

[TK Burk]

Nothing is too hard for God; but some things are too hard to understand. That’s why it’s an issue of trust.

When imprisoned, John the Baptist had reservations about Jesus. In response Jesus said, “Blessed is the one who is not offended by me” (Luke 7:16-23 ESV). In context, Jesus indicated that in the midst of testing and trial, there is a blessing awaiting those who won’t allow distress or doubt to turn them away from trusting His sovereignty over their life.

If Jesus has all power in Heaven and in earth, then he also has all power over every trouble, trial, and sickness. Consequently, even when He seems to be doing nothing, He is still doing everything. Just because a man or woman doesn’t see Him moving, that doesn’t mean He’s not performing His will. God is not as concerned with delivering His children as we are. His focus is on maturing (perfecting) every believer into His image. Sometimes that comes as a hard lesson. If He’s our example, then we do well to remember what perfected Christ. “Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him” (Hebrews 5:8-9 ESV). This doesn’t mean He was not obedient or perfect before, but that His suffering brought Him to a place where He could connect with that which brings men salvation in this life and in the next.

My wife sings a Babbie Mason song entitled "Trust His Heart." The chorus says:

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His heart

I think it is Noah Ben Shea who said, “All that’s necessary to see the miraculous is to see the common in an uncommon way.” The miraculous is not found in what is seen or not seen; it’s found in who a person knows is in control of all things. Such confidence will guard a man’s mind and heart and bring them peace that passes understanding (See Phi 4:7).

[King's Child]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

That is the hard part about faith/trust. I still speak healing and pray positively, but I am trying harder and harder not to speak for God in that way. He will speak by either healing or not. He is in control of healing, we're not. He is the Healer, I am not. I must continue to remind myself of that.

I know I probably shouldn't have said anything but I was trying in my feeble way to lift up his faith. I know probably a bad mistake. He had already been thru so much I wanted God to heal him so bad but I guess that just wasn't in the will of God.

[King's Child]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

This was the original post.

I believe God can do anything.

However, I often wonder why He doesn't do something.

Have you ever noticed how we make excuses for God?

We say things like, "well, there just wasn't enough faith in the room," or "it just wasn't God's will for that little child to be healed of cancer," or "just be patient, God will come through - just in time!"

I do not pretend to understand God, or the way He works. I don't know why He heals some and doesn't heal others.

But I do know this much.

Sometimes there is enough faith in the room and healing still doesn't take place.

Sometimes God doesn't "come through" like we think He should and great misery falls on those of us who absolutely, incorrectly, TRUSTED that the outcome would be positive.

What then?

Why is it so hard for God to do miracles?

It is not a question of ability. So, what then?

I heard a story one time. There was a person that was sick to the point of death. Prayers went up for them. Fasting was done. The person slowly got worse. They finally died. The family questioned why didn't God heal. The answer they got was he did. The person was in heaven where they were sick no more. God gave them the best kind of healing. So maybe he doesn't do things the way we want him to but it does't mean he doesn't do them at all. He heals in the way he sees best.

[Jason B]

Pastor Poster,

My daughter Hannah was healed of JRA a few years ago. She had developed a condition so bad that her leg was withered up. She could still walk, but with a very bad limp, her leg was bent all of the time, she had to walk with tips of her toe with that foot because her knee would'nt straighten out. Sometimes I just carried her around everywhere. In addition to this, it was EXTREMELY painful for her, she would scream and scream for the pain. I remember one night where she wok up and was just crying "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus". She was 4 years old at the time, she is 7 now. Anyway we originally took her to the doctor, who sent us to Cook's Childrens in Fort Worth, before long they sent us to Cook's Children Medical Center in Dallas, then they transferred us to Scottish Rite in Dallas (specializing in disabled or diseased the children-with permanent illness). The whole thing was a tremendous trial. Every night we prayed for God to heal her, but to no avail. Nevertheless, I believed he could, but just accepted that I will have to deal with taking her to the children's hopsital every week or two weeks for the rest of her childhood. The doctors told me that she would never be normal, and not to enroll her in public school, because it would be hard on her. She couldn't run and play with the normal kids, and she would be behind them, it would be very difficult I was told. They later told me they were planning to replace her hip, and possibly her knee. She would have rehab, and such, and maybe she may be able to walk normally after sugery with (i assume) prostetic hip and knee. I was given methodrexate, which I was told was given to cancer patients, but that it was only 1/10th the strength. Anyway when I got home, my wife seen what they had given me (and she had already researched it all out on the internet), and she flushed the medicine down the toilet (in faith-more than I had). I was mad, I wanted to say "God better heal her now." I mean how I am going to explain to these doctors we flushed this importnat medicine down the toilet, because we thought God would heal her?

Anyway, not to long after that, December of 2004, God did touch her by the hand of a preacher (Donnie Napier). However, whe wasn't healed instantly. her knee didn't unswell (it was the size of a grown mans fist) instantly, nor did her leg straighten out. But it seems like she didn't have any more pain from then on. And within a couple of days we noticed the swelling in her knee going down, and pretty quickly after that her leg straightened out. Within 2 weeks, possibly sooner, she was and STILL IS completely healed. Not only is she a normal kid, she is a straight A student, and extremely playful and happy. She has a 4th grade reading level as a first grader. The only medicine she ever took was advil, or similar form of pain killer. Nothing that anyone can actually say "the medicine healed her" since the real meds were flushed down the toilet. I know there may be doubters, but to me, it is a blantant miracle from God, and I am so glad and thankful.

Now then, even as this was happening my pastor was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer, and was given 6 months to live, He beleived God would heal him, even had surgery, and the told him that the cancer was gone and the chance of it coming back was like standing on your back porch and getting struck by lightning TWICE. And my pastor had told his doctor that God would heal his body, to which his doctor said "God doesn't heal tumors, I take them out." So we thought surely God would heal my pastor for his faithfulness and for the doctors arrogance. No, my pastor and great friend died not long after, and suffer very badly along the way. So why didn't God heal Him, I don't know. One thing I will say, in my last conversation with Him, as He was dying, he said,"I know that revival is coming to that church, and I so badly want the Lord to let me see it, but even if he doesn't, don't get discouraged, hang in there. God is good, and God is faithful." He was dead about a week later. Sometimes we will understand it better by and by.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Jason

Pastor Poster,

My daughter Hannah was healed of JRA a few years ago. She had developed a condition so bad that her leg was withered up. She could still walk, but with a very bad limp, her leg was bent all of the time, she had to walk with tips of her toe with that foot because her knee would'nt straighten out. Sometimes I just carried her around everywhere. In addition to this, it was EXTREMELY painful for her, she would scream and scream for the pain. I remember one night where she wok up and was just crying "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus". She was 4 years old at the time, she is 7 now. Anyway we originally took her to the doctor, who sent us to Cook's Childrens in Fort Worth, before long they sent us to Cook's Children Medical Center in Dallas, then they transferred us to Scottish Rite in Dallas (specializing in disabled or diseased the children-with permanent illness). The whole thing was a tremendous trial. Every night we prayed for God to heal her, but to no avail. Nevertheless, I believed he could, but just accepted that I will have to deal with taking her to the children's hopsital every week or two weeks for the rest of her childhood. The doctors told me that she would never be normal, and not to enroll her in public school, because it would be hard on her. She couldn't run and play with the normal kids, and she would be behind them, it would be very difficult I was told. They later told me they were planning to replace her hip, and possibly her knee. She would have rehab, and such, and maybe she may be able to walk normally after sugery with (i assume) prostetic hip and knee. I was given methodrexate, which I was told was given to cancer patients, but that it was only 1/10th the strength. Anyway when I got home, my wife seen what they had given me (and she had already researched it all out on the internet), and she flushed the medicine down the toilet (in faith-more than I had). I was mad, I wanted to say "God better heal her now." I mean how I am going to explain to these doctors we flushed this importnat medicine down the toilet, because we thought God would heal her?

Anyway, not to long after that, December of 2004, God did touch her by the hand of a preacher (Donnie Napier). However, whe wasn't healed instantly. her knee didn't unswell (it was the size of a grown mans fist) instantly, nor did her leg straighten out. But it seems like she didn't have any more pain from then on. And within a couple of days we noticed the swelling in her knee going down, and pretty quickly after that her leg straightened out. Within 2 weeks, possibly sooner, she was and STILL IS completely healed. Not only is she a normal kid, she is a straight A student, and extremely playful and happy. She has a 4th grade reading level as a first grader. The only medicine she ever took was advil, or similar form of pain killer. Nothing that anyone can actually say "the medicine healed her" since the real meds were flushed down the toilet. I know there may be doubters, but to me, it is a blantant miracle from God, and I am so glad and thankful.

Now then, even as this was happening my pastor was diagnosed with sarcoma cancer, and was given 6 months to live, He beleived God would heal him, even had surgery, and the told him that the cancer was gone and the chance of it coming back was like standing on your back porch and getting struck by lightning TWICE. And my pastor had told his doctor that God would heal his body, to which his doctor said "God doesn't heal tumors, I take them out." So we thought surely God would heal my pastor for his faithfulness and for the doctors arrogance. No, my pastor and great friend died not long after, and suffer very badly along the way. So why didn't God heal Him, I don't know. One thing I will say, in my last conversation with Him, as He was dying, he said,"I know that revival is coming to that church, and I so badly want the Lord to let me see it, but even if he doesn't, don't get discouraged, hang in there. God is good, and God is faithful." He was dead about a week later. Sometimes we will understand it better by and by.

Thank You for sharing this Jason! The sovereign will of God can be difficult to find out. No doubt He is able, and in the end we will all find perfection in and through Him.

[Revelationist]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I believe God can do anything.

es there is enough faith in the room and healing still doesn't take place.

Sometimes God doesn't "come through" like we think However, I often wonder why He doesn't do something.

Have you ever noticed how we make excuses for God?

We say things like, "well, there just wasn't enough faith in the room," or "it just wasn't God's will for that

little child to be healed of cancer," or "just be patient, God will come through - just in time!"

I do not pretend to understand God, or the way He works. I don't know why He heals some and doesn't heal others.

But I do know this much.

Sometime should and great misery falls on those of us who absolutely, incorrectly, TRUSTED that the outcome would be positive.

What then?

Why is it so hard for God to do miracles?

It is not a question of ability. So, what then?

Bro. I've found that most of the time when God does miricles, it's to prove to a unbeliever that He is God. Even when he healed in the Bible it was to prove that He was God. I've watched that in my own ministry, that the times that he healed it was for the unbelievers benifit.

[Jason B]

Originally Posted by Revelationist

Bro. I've found that most of the time when God does miricles, it's to prove to a unbeliever that He is God. Even when he healed in the Bible it was to prove that He was God. I've watched that in my own ministry, that the times that he healed it was for the unbelievers benifit.

i think there is something to this, i have thought about that recently, it seems that when people are on the fence, or when they are very young in God that often get a miracle.

[OneAccord]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I believe God can do anything.

es there is enough faith in the room and healing still doesn't take place.

Sometimes God doesn't "come through" like we think However, I often wonder why He doesn't do something.

Have you ever noticed how we make excuses for God?

We say things like, "well, there just wasn't enough faith in the room," or "it just wasn't God's will for that

little child to be healed of cancer," or "just be patient, God will come through - just in time!"

I do not pretend to understand God, or the way He works. I don't know why He heals some and doesn't heal others.

But I do know this much.

Sometime should and great misery falls on those of us who absolutely, incorrectly, TRUSTED that the outcome would be positive.

What then?

Why is it so hard for God to do miracles?

It is not a question of ability. So, what then?

The questions posed here speak volumes about the poster. A pastor...who doesn't claim to have all the answers... a questioning disciple, rather than one who claims to know it all. An honest and sincere brother who, like the rest of us, just doesn't have all the answers.

I don't know the answers myself. The disciples hadthese same questions and... the answers they got seem to indicate a failure on their part. A failure to believe and to fast and pray. But, I suspect Pastor Posters question, and our questions go a little deeper than that.

A year ago this week I sat in the lobby of Huntsville Hospital asking these same questions. I picked up a tract that boldly stated "How to recieve your healing". With anticipation for THE answer, I read every word. All I got, however, was that sickness is the fault of the sick. They don't believe. They have sin in their life. The answers I got were no answers at all. So...here I am a year later, still asking...still searching.

And, still no real answers. But I know this, there is an answer. And, according to Jesus, the answers to our questions can be found in one place: the prayer closet. A certain evangelist wrote a book about his experiences in the prayer closet. Regardless of how we may feel about the evangelist, the truth remains: Jesus said if we would seek the Father in secret, He would reward us openly. That can mean a lot of things, but the Bible is full of men and women of faith who accomplished great things for God after they spent time alone with the Lord. The answers we seek are out there... just beyond our "comfort zones".

Why aren't all the sick we pray for healed? I don't know. But I know this: Nothing is too hard for the Lord who is exceedingly and abundantly able to do more than we ask or even think.