A woman received a priesthood blessing for an ailment.
The blessing promised healing.
The next day, she was asked if she wanted to be administered to again.
She responded:
“No, I have been anointed and administered to. The ordinance has been performed. It is up to me now to claim my blessing through my faith.”
Two blind men approached Jesus and asked for mercy.
He asked them, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?”
And they simply responded, “Yea, Lord”.
Christ’s response is, “According to your faith be it unto you.” (Matthew 9:28-29)
They were healed.
They were healed because they had the faith to be healed.
President Kimball taught:
“The need of faith is often underestimated.
“The ill one and the family often seem to DEPEND WHOLLY on the power of the priesthood and the gift of healing that they hope the administering brethren may have, whereas the GREATER responsibility is with him [or her] who is blessed…”
Our own faith is powerful.
Jesus shows that time and time again: it is the faith of the ones He is administering to that allows them to be healed.
Of course, the will of the Father has to be aligned.
Some are tasked with having the faith to not be healed.
But when wills are aligned, we play a huge part in choosing to be healed.
In trusting that we are capable of change.
In believing that God can actually help us change.
We play our part in having the faith to be healed!
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
2 Responses
When I administer to someone, I feel my faith in giving a blessing is strong and I try hard to feel what the spirit wants me to say. There are many times I have felt a strong impression of what to say in a blessing and I have seen the results in people’s lives. But when it comes to me, I am never sure if I should ask to be healed. I always wonder if this is a trial the Lord wants me to endure and should I ask. I look around at many people that suffer and think to myself that I am not any more special than they are and should I ask. So does this mean I don’t have the faith to be healed. For instance, I have developed macular degeneration in my eyes over the last couple of years. With the work I do with family history I want to be able to continue this work. I wanted to get a blessing, but then I remembered one of the 12 apostles has the same problem. If he is an apostle and has it, do I have the right to ask the Lord to heal me because of the things I am working on when I think of his responsibilities. I guess I have the faith in using the priesthood to heal others, but not me.
You are absolutely deserving of healing too! <3