“For I am the Lord that healeth thee” (Ex. 15:26).
For years as a young man, I had problems with my throat. It kept closing up on me. At times I’d almost go into a panic because it would become so tight that I could hardly swallow. I went to a doctor, who gave me various pills, but none of the medication helped.
Finally, I saw an allergist. He informed me that I was allergic to weeds, most foods, dust and other allergens that are hard to avoid. He began giving me regular serum injections, and for the first time in five or six years, my throat started to loosen up. I was supposed to take those injections for the rest of my life.
Shortly after that I was born again. When I was home from college for the summer, I held youth meetings five to seven nights a week. We sang and prayed a lot at the meetings, but we didn’t have any real teaching from the Word. You see, I was the leader, and I didn’t know anything! I certainly couldn’t teach the Word – I didn’t even know God could heal!
Then my throat began to tighten again, and I realized I hadn’t brought the serum home with me from college. As my throat got tighter and tighter, I kept thinking, I’ll have to go get that serum!
One day we were all praying together when I felt my throat tighten again. Suddenly panic and fear hit me. (I didn’t know I’d been delivered from fear when I’d gotten saved.) But then gradually, a deep realization that God is God began to rise up from my spirit.
I said quietly, “Lord, I’ve had this problem a long time. But I figure that if You’re smart and powerful enough to put this body together to begin with, You sure ought to be able to fix one defect like this. Would You do that for me?”
Within five minutes my throat had returned to normal, and it has never tightened up like that again. My healing came the moment I realized God could heal. It was a revelation that has changed my life. God created me – surely He could fix me!
My God is the Creator of the universe, and He upholds all things
by the Word of His power. He is the God who heals His people,
and He is the God who is able and willing to heal me!
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.