We were in Kihihi, Uganda, which is a small town bordering the country of Congo, praying for people to be healed. We were outside in the heat of the day and had already prayed for a number of people as they formed lines in front of each of the team members. At some point, a couple of African men walked an elderly African woman towards me to be prayed for. They got close enough with her for me to hear them say she was blind. My heart kind of sank, and the first voice I heard inside of me was a voice saying, “Lord, I am not holy enough to pray for a blind person to be healed.” My heart was sinking at the weight of those thoughts. As the echo of those interior words bounced around inside of me, a much stronger and excited voice declared, “I am, and I’m very excited about healing her.” Obviously, this was the sound of the voice of Jesus speaking in – to me, and it sounded like the sound of a trumpet. Immediately my interior disposition was totally liberated to participate in the excitement and faith of Jesus, who wasn’t the least bit intimidated by her blindness or my unbelief. I realized again at that moment that my unbelief is irrelevant because I was in union with one whose faith is irrepressible. He takes our weak faith and joins it to His faith, and in our weakness His strength is made perfect. When they sat her down in front of me, in unity with the Christ who lived in me, I said to her, “Jesus is so excited about healing you. Are you excited too?” She said she was, and so off we (Jesus and me – in me) went. As I began to pray for her, with joy in my heart, I realized that she was not completely blind, but her sight was so weak she was not able to move about by herself. I prayed for her for probably 5 to 10 minutes, and though I can’t tell you that her sight was 20/20 when she walked away, she did walk away on her own into the crowd of people without anybody needing to lead her. Aren’t you glad that is not about your holiness, or your faith, etc., but it is always about Him who is our life, and who is always qualified, and always big enough?
