The ‘How’ of My Deliverance is Up to God by Darlene Rigsby

In 2004 my Mother became suddenly ill. She was hospitalized three times but upon the third admittance, she never came home, she died in the ICU of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas from unknown causes. Something had attacked her body and caused all of her organs to shut down. I believe it was a virus of some sort but the truth is we will never know and the doctors didn't know what caused it either.

Well through this whole ordeal, my Faith was activated and in full throttle. I was believing without a shadow of doubt that God would heal my Mother. My Faith was unshakable and unwavering because mind you, this was my Mother and I was believing God to do what only He could do for her. Well, as I stated, she died. So what about this unshakable and unwavering faith? Did my faith fail me? Did God fail me? Is Faith not really Faith at all? Have you ever had these questions.

Hebrews 11:1 speaks to faith being the substance of the things we hope for and the evidence of things we cannot yet see. I hoped for my mother’s healing amidst the evidence of her being very ill. Yet I still believed. Well I learned a valuable lesson about Faith, God and healing for that matter. When we operate in Faith, we have to allow God room to deliver as he chooses. My faith was believing for a deliverance that I wanted and a lot of times when we are believing God, we have already preconceived what the answer should look like, smell like and all of that. But having Faith in God does not control the answer it simply trusts the answer giver to do what He knows is best.

The "How" of Deliverance cannot be our focus. It has to simply be the "Who" of our deliverance and the 'Who" is Jesus Christ our Lord. Now does this mean that I should not ask for what I desire? Of course not. You can ask the Father anything but the final answer is up to Him and sometimes I don't always get my answer in the manner I want. That is what happened with my Dear Mother. I wanted her healed and still in my life. I need her and this pain of not having her presence is awful. God did answer my prayer and my faith did not fail me. God delivers His children sometimes by simply taking them home. Absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. My mother actually received the greatest healing possible and that is to be delivered from the labor in this world because this world is not our home and now she lives with her Creator.

Now don't get me wrong, this revelation on how God sometimes heals; I didn't want to grasp it at first. But it still doesn't stop it from being the truth. Remember, the "How" of deliverance can come in different forms and it is not always how we dream it to be, so let the "Who" be our focus and simply trust God that whatever He allowed is what is best and all things will work out for my good.

Food for Thought. Be blessed.

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