One time when I was in California, I was cutting a piece of board at a brother’s place. The saw seemed to be very dull. As I pushed the board in, the saw threw back the board on me and hurt me. I had a hernia that I told nobody about but my wife. Sometimes, while I was standing up preaching, this hernia would be extremely painful. But I just went on. Until one day… That day my wife said to me, “Don’t you think it’s time that you asked God for healing of this thing or go to the doctor?” I replied, “Yes, I agree with you.” We knelt down and began to pray about the healing and then we prayed about going to the doctor. “Lord, do you want me to go to the doctor?” As I was praying, strength came into me and I said, “God, I am preaching to these brethren that you will soon be here, that it is not long now before Christ will come. I will wait!” Oh, yes, I said, “I will wait ‘till you come.” You know that when He comes, you are going to get a perfect healing, don’t you? When the fullness of Christ comes in this body, this body won’t be sick anymore. Whatever is wrong with us, it will all be healed. The moment I said it, I was totally healed! It was all God wanted. He had allowed this thing to oppress me and oppress me and oppress me until I got to the point where I said, “All right, it is time for a decision.” The moment I made the decision, He healed me. The job was done.
I am saying to you, brethren, that you all have problems in your life. And not only problems in your life, but problems about your life, and problems around your life. It can be cured! All you have to do is believe God that it will be cured, and it will be cured. Believe you me. If you have financial problems, begin to believe God. If you have health problems, begin to believe God. Whatever your problem might be, begin to believe God. For “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)