God goes to great lengths!
There is a wonderful story in 2 Kings 20 of King Hezekiah who was sick to the point of death. God’s spokesman of the day, Isaiah, came to essentially tell the king to get his affairs in order as he is about to die. The Bible tells us Hezekiah wept bitterly before the Lord. In this remarkable healing story, before Isaiah had time to leave the king’s palace, God had spoken to him and told him to go back and tell the king his life was to be extended by fifteen years.
I’m sure Hezekiah was thrilled to get this news but he, like so many of us needed confirmation he would be healed. Hezekiah asked for this sign to be that the shadow on the sundial would reverse 10 degrees. This is a remarkable request! In order for this to happen the rotation of the earth around the sun would have to be reversed for approximately 20 minutes! This is in fact what happened as we read in v11 “So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward…”
God so often goes to great lengths to prove His love and faithfulness to us right throughout Scripture and still to this day. We have so many testimonies of His healing power and presence in people’s lives over the last 18+ years at CHR. We were encouraged and 're-inspired' recently as we reviewed some of the remarkable healings that took place under the ministry of John G. Lake back in the early part of last century. In a 5 year period over 100,000 medically documented healings were recorded despite having a tragic loss of life in his own birth family prior to this healing revival breaking forth. He was one of 16 children and by the time he was married his parents had buried 8 of his siblings. Notwithstanding, the healing power of Jesus broke into their family with the miraculous healing of a brother and sister both of whom were at death's door. What flowed from that time was a remarkable healing revival from which the Healing Rooms were birthed - now in 65 nations around the world. God is the same yesterday today and forever (Heb 13:8) and His mercies are new every morning (Lam 3:22-23). He demonstrated His love and grace towards king Hezekiah by ‘reversing the universe’ and went to the ultimate length of sending His Son to pay for our salvation, healing and deliverance! What an amazing loving Father!