Health Food Devotional Healing Is the Dinner Bell December 21, 2014 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. (Luke 9:6) As a young pastor, just before my twenty-fourth birthday, I remember hearing Rev. Raymond T. Richey (a man who was used mightily by God in the area of healing) say, Divine healing is the dinner bell. I knew exactly what he meant when he said that. At that time people living out in the country had a big bell on their back porch, and when dinner was ready, someone would ring the bell to let everyone in the fields know it was time to eat. When I heard Rev. Richey say that, I wasnt having healing services at my church on a regular basis. But I said to myself, Im going back home, and Im going to start ringing the dinner bell. We had Wednesday night, Saturday night, Sunday morning, and Sunday night services. I told the congregation, Every Saturday night is divine healing night. Im not going to preach on anything but divine healing. So I started ringing the dinner bell. Initially, the crowd on Saturday night became smaller, and, as far as I could ascertain, no one was getting healed. I would anoint them with oil and lay hands on them. I would have a healing line every Saturday night. Still, no one was getting healed. But I kept on ringing the dinner bell! Finally, after six months, things started happening. People started getting healed. I didnt understand it then, but I know now that when I first began teaching on healing, I was planting seed. I had to keep watering that seed, and that takes time. I could have become discouraged and stopped holding healing services. Or I could have resigned the church and left. But when the harvest came, I wouldnt have been there to enjoy it. Confession I plant the seed of Gods Word in my heart. And I continue to water that seed. Eventually, I will see a harvest of health and healing.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:51:59 +0000
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