Apart
from the Word of God itself and prayer, nothing can do more for you
than watching and imitating a real man of faith. I found that out in a
big way many years ago when I was a student at Oral Roberts University.
As co-pilot on the airplane that transported him and his staff to his
healing meetings, I had the opportunity to study Oral Roberts up close. I
followed him around. I heard him preach. I watched him lay hands on the
sick.
I'll never forget the
day I had the opportunity to put some of what I'd learned from him into
action. I'd just been to a few of his meetings. Spiritually, I was
still as green as a gourd. But I'd been assigned to help the people in
the "invalid room" get ready for Brother Roberts to lay hands on them. I
was standing there for the first time surrounded by every kind of
sickness and disease you can imagine. And when Brother Roberts came in,
instead of laying hands on the people himself, he caught me by the coat
sleeve and said, "You're going to do the praying. You're going to lay
hands on them."
I know all the blood must have drained out of my
face because I'd never prayed for anything like that in my life. I might
have considered praying for a headache or maybe a serious hangnail, but
that's it!
The first lady
we came to had cancer of the stomach. She weighed less than 80 pounds.
She was just the picture of death. I walked over toward her and before I
could open my mouth, I heard a voice from behind me say, "In the Name
of Jesus, take up your bed and walk." She instantly spit that cancer out
on the floor. Then she jumped off that bed and screamed, "I'm healed,"
and started running around the room.
Let me tell you, that moment
changed me. When I stepped up to the next person and raised my hands, I
could see the healing coming. I'd seen Jesus heal through Brother
Roberts, so in my mind's eye, I could see Him healing through me.
You
can do the same thing. Find someone who's operating in more faith and
power than you are and learn from him. Watch Jesus in him and then copy
him. Sooner or later, others will start seeing Jesus in you.
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