You Have Authority
Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
I remember it well. It happened after our fourth child Isaac was born. My wife experienced a severe episode of postpartum depression. She would cry for long periods for no reason and struggled to get through the day. This went on for several weeks, and with the long hours I was working and her being at home with four kids, and one of the four being a newborn, it was exhausting for her and all the rest of the family. I felt so bad for her and wished I could help her, but I was totally at a loss for what to do. I couldn’t quit work and stay home; I was the sole provider. I went to work every day, apprehensive about how she would be doing that day.
One evening in a moment of sheer desperation, I sought the Lord and began to hurl my complaint to Him about the situation and how it was unfair and needed to end. As I went through my list of reasons for why it was not right, declaring He needed to do something about it, I heard a voice inside me saying, “I have already supplied you with what is needed. Now go and speak over your wife and release her from this.” I knew that voice well. It was my father from heaven speaking to my spirit. I responded, “God, you know that if I go back to where she is right now crying and do something and it doesn’t work, it might push her over the edge.” His reply was simple, “Are you going to trust me, or are you going to talk yourself out of this opportunity to see her set free from this?”
So I called her to come to where I was, and she did with tears flowing. She was so helpless, and my heart was so moved with compassion for her. I told her the Lord spoke to me and that tonight this will end, it has to go. So I laid my hands on her and rebuked it and commanded it to leave her, and it did. That night she was set free from that postpartum depression she was battling. God moved mightily on her behalf and on behalf of the family. I was then kicking myself and saying to myself, “why did I wait so long to get with God about this and do something? She could have been free much sooner.” Sometimes it takes me a little while to get a clue because I am so caught up in a moment. Perhaps you can identify with me on that? But thank God for His incredible patience and faithfulness. I am so glad He loves us.
You are loved today and always by your faithful gracious Heavenly Father. By coming to His Son Jesus in faith to be forgiven and made alive, you became His child supernaturally, and He is for you, not against you. He can heal you or the ones you love just as easily as He forgave you and made you righteous. It is by the same means, it is a gift, and it works based on faith.
So I speak healing to you today in His marvelous name. I declare that He is not only able to heal you, but He is also willing. Go and have a blessed day today in His name. Be an extension of His compassion to someone you get the opportunity to encounter today, and His grace and peace be with you.
