When God’s heart of compassion moves you to pray for revival

Confession: this is a straight copy-and-paste from my Facebook post. Cancer has kept me from blogging but apparently I can’t stay off Facebook.

I’ve had thirty-plus years of walking with Jesus to solidify my theology. But once cancer came it shook things up. None of my beliefs have changed, I just need to understand. I just need a straight line from I have cancer to God is good.

Today I was thinking about my pain, and then thinking about others who are suffering physically as well. And then those with the heart-pains, the drug-addicts, prostitutes, the chronically depressed, the child-molesters and other people who hurt people. But Isaiah 53 says Jesus took our pain. When Jesus walked the earth, His compassion healed all the pain. That’s God’s heart.

If there weren’t people all over the globe being healed from pain supernaturally, it would be different. But when I pray that God takes my pain and heals me completely, I can’t stop there. I keep thinking of the others suffering in pain.

There’s a gap between “God’s heart of compassion wants to heal the sick” and “my city is filled with the afflicted and heartbroken.” That gap is meant to be filled with those who shed tears in prayer and intercession for the kingdom of God to break in and bring revival. That’s me. I keep coming back to this. Is that you? Can you believe that God can and He will? Is your heart moved within you for the broken and sick in our city?