The Power of Faith

April 12, 2017

Day 102: Two For One Prayer:
"I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father." —John 14:12

Although I love the story that Anderson shares today (a story of miraculous healing of a man who looked as if he had lung cancer), I can't help but wonder why some receive such healing while others do not. He had a spot on one of his lungs that looked like cancer, but after prayer and the laying on of hands, the spot had disappeared and he had lost his craving for cigarettes. It's wonderful and miraculous and joyous, but it is also leaves me questioning.  The only answer I hear is Romans 8:28, that "all things work together for the good of those who love God."

It could also be that everyone who prayed and laid their hands upon Harold never doubted that he would be healed. They could have believed that he was already healed and the universe responded in kind. If you believe in the power of the law of attraction, that makes sense too (see The Secret).   I believe the law of attraction actually works with biblical principles. For a while I was wary of such ideas, as if they may contradict what the Bible says, but Jesus himself said, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20).  "Nothing will be impossible for you." In today's focus scripture Jesus says we will be able to do even greater things than He...IF we believe in Him. Some may wonder, if that is true, then why do those who do not believe in Him still benefit from the law of attraction?  I think it is because the law of attraction views the universe as a powerful entity. What is the universe? It is God. God is in all, God is all. So belief in the universe is belief in God... Perhaps.

Either way, I believe in the power of faith.