The Prayer Of Faith

The Prayer of Faith

The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. - James 5:15

The Bible is clear. But we love to make it complicated by diluting the message. Why is that so? Because we rather find truths in the reality that we face, instead of the truths in the Bible. 

The former brings comfort to us, giving us a false assurance that all things are in control, and allows us to identify with one another. But the latter delivers hard truths that do not seem to reconcile with our situations/experiences, and brings our pain/hurt to a new level when we have been trying hard to suppress it to console ourselves that everything is okay.

In full-time church ministry, we call it “being pastoral”. I am thankful, in a sense, to be out of that line of work, so that I can deliver uncompromised truths regardless of what others think.

If the prayer of faith WILL save (sozo also means heal) the sick, it also means that if the sick is not healed, the prayer of faith is not prayed. You can say that many have prayed in faith, but as long as the sick is not healed, it wasn’t prayed in faith.

The fruit always reveals the belief (root). See also Mark 11:23; Matt 17:20; Matt 21:21.

I know this is uncomfortable, because no preacher likes to take responsibility when he doesn’t see the sick healed. Unfortunately, we are quick to take credits for healing testimonies but slow to take responsibility for those who are not healed. We give reasons, excuses and relegate it to the “mystery” of God. This is ironic and disgusting at the same time.

Maturity is not about sharing many healing testimonies to show how good you are. It’s admitting failures, taking responsibility and continue to grow.