Grace and I visited a shop in Puchong, Malaysia, to
get our picture frame fixed. While the young frame-maker was cutting the glass,
an elderly man shuffled into the shop. Both his knees had become deformed and
curved inward towards each other. When he walked, his movement resembled that
of a penguin walking. He turned out to be the young man’s uncle. As we smiled
at the elderly man, the Holy Spirit prompted me to heal him. I looked at Grace
and she had also received the same prompting. It is quite common for us to
simultaneously receive such type of prompting from the Holy Spirit and the
result is usually positive. We looked at each other for a moment and fully
understood what we had to do.
As the elderly man settled himself behind a desk, we
quickly struck up a conversation with him. He talked much about his involvement
with a local political party. He was also quite dedicated to the work in his
Taoist temple. When asked about his view on Christianity, he was very amiable.
He said that he appreciated the Christians because “they are good people”. He
disclosed that a church was conducting their weekly service in the shop space next
to his shop. When the worshippers needed to use toilet facilities, he would
gladly let them use those at his shop.
We then asked him about the condition of his legs. He
revealed that he had an accident about twenty years ago and had since become
crippled. Was it inconvenient and painful for him? He said it was not a problem
because he had gotten used to his crippled legs. We told him about Jesus and
that the Lord could heal him. The man felt that the healing would be
unnecessary because after all those years, he had become used to his
handicapped condition. We insisted and after some hesitations, he relented.
The man apologized as he took off his shoes. We laid
our hands on the deformed knees and crooked shin bones. We did not pray for
healing. We simply applied our God-given authority and commanded the legs to be
healed in the name of Jesus. After that, we asked the man to walk. He smiled as
he walked up and down. He said he felt so much better. For three more times, we
laid hands and commanded the legs to be healed. After every command, his legs
became stronger and evidently, he was walking much better than when we first
saw him. After the final command, he was walking normally and by then, his
nephew had stopped working on our frame. The young man was speechless as he
observed his uncle walking normally. The elderly man promised to give thanks to
God for healing him in the church that was situated next to his shop.
This type of supernatural evangelistic approach is to
happen repeatedly in our ministry. God works His miracles when we exercise our
‘mountain-moving’ faith. Matthew 21:21
is very clear: "if you have faith
and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also
you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea', and it will be
done”.
Rev Albert Kang
