TRAIN YOU TO ALWAYS PUT GOD & HIS WORD FIRST

In the 12 years I pastored, there were members who would get sick, go to the hospital, and ask for prayer afterwards. I am not saying that it is wrong to have a doctor, certainly not. We believe in hospitals and doctors and thank God for them. But I am saying why not put God's Word first? Sometimes Christians turn to the Word as a last resort.

A Baptist minister who didn't particularly believe in divine healing at the time, told how he had had problems with his tonsils. His doctor kept telling him that they must be removed, so the date was set.

Each morning he and his wife would read the Bible and pray with the children before school. On the very date he was scheduled to enter the hospital, their Scripture passage was the one which tells of King Asa who got a disease in his feet, and instead of seeking the Lord, he sought physicians and died. The minister said that he was struck by this. He realized that he hadn't even prayed about his tonsils. He shared this with his wife and children and asked that they pray together about his tonsils.

When they prayed, the Lord told him not to have them removed. To his astonishment, the Lord healed the tonsils and he has had no more trouble with them. There is a lesson to be learned here. The Bible does not imply that King Asa died because he put the physicians first. However, it does imply that he should have put the Lord first. We should train ourselves to put the Lord first.

We should train ourselves to ask concerning any matter, "What does God's Word have to say about this?" We should ask ourselves what God has to say about anything that may come up in our life—and then put that Word first. Sometimes family and friends will try to rush you into things, but you need to think about what the Word of God says. Put God's Word first in every area of life. (Rev. Hagin. K. E.)

The word works, it is to you as you have believed!