Fifteenth Mountain Peak

"Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wail, and prayed unto the Lord. And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city." Isaiah 38:2, 6

THERE ARE OCCASIONS when we may have some serious complicated sickness. As long as we are in this body of clay we will be subject to all kinds of diseases. But we can claim God's protection and His healing touch. X know of many occasions when the Lord came with His healing touch. He has His own power, but we have to call upon Him with simple faith as Hezekiah called upon Him and the Lord hearkened to his voice.

Once in North India I promised to take a meeting for British soldiers. That evening I suddenly had a very high temperature, and could not get-up. I wanted to write and say, "I cannot come. I have high fever," but God would not give me liberty. I tried four or five times, had but no liberty to stay back. God said, "You have to go." Judging by the high temperature, it was foolish of me to go, but by God's Word and promise I could trust Him fully to undertake. In spite of high fever I went to the meeting and was shivering there. They sang one song, than another, yet my fever continued. Then the time came to speak, and as I stood up. suddenly the fever left me. I have seen this on many occasions. When we call upon Him with child-like faith. He answers. All these trials are to strengthen us, so that we may take hold of Him. He helped Hezekiah and I am sure many of us have been helped thus. It requires strong faith to walk with God, for the enemy can bring doubts into our minds. In Isa. 38, Hezekiah's faith became stronger because of what the Lord had done for him in chapter 37. So every experience which we pass through gives us a stronger faith. Throughout our lifetime we prove Him to be faithful by taking hold of Him in simple faith. God can teach us when we take hold of Him.