I forgot to take my tablets with me this last weekend and sure enough within
a couple of days or so I ended up with a migraine. The tablets do something in
the brain that usually keep the migraines at bay and they have been a real
blessing over the 18 months since they were prescribed.
Feeling rough but hopeful
So there we were in Antioch’s Sunday morning meeting and I felt rough;
not as bad as some migraines I’ve had, but still the nauseous feeling was there
and a fuzziness in my head. As the worship team began to play I closed my eyes
and prayed that this would be the day I would be healed from this sickness –
not just for the day but for ever. Despite my shifting theology I still believe
in God’s power to heal. I’m pretty sure that the physical sickness stems from
some emotional stuff and since I have been healed in the past of some really
deep stuff in my heart I had the faith on Sunday that it could happen again.
Sharing the supernatural
But as I prayed I sensed God saying – or maybe it was the stuff I
believe anyway rising up within me – that this supernatural business isn’t just
there so that I can get a hit but so that I share it with others and with
creation. So I placed my hand on a friend's shoulder and silently
prayed for him and then did the same for my wife. And it was from that point
that the passion that is always with me but is rarely released began to flow
out.
If you were there you know what happened next; if you weren’t then you’re
going to have ask someone else about it. The point of this post is to remind
you that when we ‘sit with Christ in heavenly places’ it’s not so that we can
suck it all in and have a good time for ourselves; it’s so that we can see God’s
transforming, restorative power flow through us.
And the migraine? Well I’m back on the tablets and I feel fine again.
Maybe next time.
