Leaves of Healing

In Acts, people were being brought before Peter's path in order to be healed by his shadow as it passed. If we wish to walk in the miraculous, we need to understand. It's not about our shadow - it's about the One who overshadows us. Quit paying attention to the shadow. We are being moved to a place where we are not impressed either with the miracle or the result.

Joh 7:38 MKJV
(38) He who believes on Me, as the Scripture has said, "Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

If there is a river coming out of your belly, you have no need to worry if your surroundings are getting wet. They will. We tend to stand around amazed that the atmosphere changes whenever a river issues forth. Silliness.

In order to be about His business, we must be focused on our instruction and obedience to it. Our awareness should be a Kingdom awareness, triggered by faith and compassion, but not out of need alone. The door to the miraculous in the Kingdom is not unlocked by need. The woman who touched the hem of Jesus' garment had a need - but 'that' is not why she was healed. She was healed because of her 'faith'. This is not something we detect by looking around - we can only detect faith by looking up.

When Jesus walked around the pool of Bethesda, there was a man there that was healed. However, there were a number of people there who were 'not' healed. We question this continually. Didn't Jesus care about the suffering of the others? The answer lies in what He detected in His Kingdom, not about what He detected in ours. Need alone will not trigger the miraculous. Faith by itself - will. Are there other triggers besides faith? Love, compassion, kindness... now we start to look at the types of fruit the Spirit bears. But notice below... the fruit wasn't for the healing. The leaf was.

Eze 47:12 MKJV
(12) And all trees for food shall go up by the torrent, on its bank on this side, and on that side. Its leaf shall not fade, nor its fruit fail. It will bear by its months, because its waters come out from the sanctuary. And its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.

So then how do we bear fruit AND leaves for the healing of others?

Psa 1:2-3 MKJV
(2) But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.
(3) And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.

Faith is like a green leaf.

Pro 11:28 ESV
(28) Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Beware of leaves without fruit. This just might be a counterfeit (Mark 11:13). If we wish to see, we must first believe. There is no other way.

All Glorified God

Act 4:21 MKJV
(21) So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way as to how they might punish them, because of the people. For all glorified God for that which was done.

After Peter and John healed the man at the Gate Beautiful, quite a crowd gathered. Peter announced that it was the power of Jesus, who was crucified but raised from the dead to the right hand of God, that had healed this man.

Peter and John were not arrogant. The 'power' had not gone to their head. It's a false argument to think that this is always a side-effect of walking in the miraculous. It is not intended to bring attention or fame to the God-man or God-woman. A miracle is intended to do exactly what it did in that instance: bring glory to God. All glorified God.

It's imperative that we who wish to walk in the miraculous 'get over' what people might think about doing what the Spirit calls us to do. Don't even weigh it. If He says say it, say it. If He says do it, do it - and do it without worrying about explaining yourself. When Jesus started slapping mud on the blind man's eyes, what we did not get was a dissertation on 'why'. Jesus was peculiar. If we look like Him, we are going to look a bit peculiar as well.