The Thin Line Between Faith and Science

Daniel 1:4(KJV) - Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Let me share with you what's on my heart this morning. I just finished reviewing the proof of my new book, "Faith Science - Where Faith and the Scientific Method Collide". Early in the book I look at cutting edge scientific phenomena like "Stem Cells and Cloning", "Antimatter", "Synthetic Life" and "Higgs Boson" through the eyes of faith. Since I finished writing the book, God has opened my eyes to even more mind boggling information that's publicly available.

Now I'm reading a book called, "Immortality" by Dr Joel Wallach. It's the practical equivalent to my first book, "I Curse Death." What we have spent years in The Church praying and casting out devils for could have been solved by simple changes in our diets or supplementation. So many diseases that have caused great pain and overflowed prayer hot-lines are the result of simple mineral deficiencies.

I have talked in tongues, studied great mysteries and delved into the hidden wisdom of scripture in search of deep understanding and now God is showing me some simple answers to my complicated questions. He talks to me in layman's terms. You want to be healed? Eat this and not that. Take this supplement. Go to sleep. Stop stressing yourself out. Drink this tea. Drink more water. It's no rocket science.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29(KJV) - But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.

A few weeks ago I went to New York for the weekend. By the end of the trip I had developed sharp muscle spasms in my back that restricted movement on my left side. While there I lay hands on myself and I went up in the prayer line on Sunday morning but there was limited release. I returned home to Atlanta with the pain and woke up on Tuesday with my back muscles aching. I considered cancelling my arm workout that day so that I wouldn't aggravate it. Now here's where things got interesting.

I got to work and had an irresistible urge to drink black tea because I knew it would give me energy. I drank the black tea and instantly the pain was gone. It was so dramatic that I knew something happened. I did some research on the relationship between black tea and the relief of muscle pains and amazingly, there were several articles on the topic. God told me that He healed me but He wanted to show me that sometimes my healing will come in the form of some natural instructions. If they are followed it will stimulate my own body to heal itself.

I have another example. As a teenager in high school I cut off the tip of my left thumb while chopping sugar cane. I went to the emergency room for treatment. My biggest fear was that I would have to live with a deformed thumb because the missing piece was nowhere to be found and even if we found it, they couldn't do anything with it. They treated the wound and hoped for the best. My family prayed and within months the thumb grew back to normal. Now that's what faith can do.

Now here's what science can do. I read several articles about people losing the tips of their fingers also. None of them openly said they trusted God. However, there is this breakthrough new formula that causes limbs to grow back. When they received treatment with the formula it stimulated the stem cells in their damaged joint and their fingers grew back. Fifteen years ago when the tip of my finger was cut off all we could do was speak The Word and it happened. Now, they have that scientific breakthrough.

Luke 10:21(KJV) - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

When I start my book tour next year I'll be teaching on Faith Science. One of the topics will definitely be The Thin Line Between Faith and Science. Sometimes, you can pray for something and The Lord will cause a creative miracle on the spot. Limbs will grow back. Muscle spasms will be healed. Cancer will disappear. Other times, The Lord will give you the wisdom to use a natural remedy and it will fix the problem forever. Both options come from God because He is behind both faith and science.

What is it that you're believing God for today? Is it something that needs to materialize out of the spirit realm or would a remarkable idea suffice? Does God need to cause a bag of money to appear out of thin air or can He give you a business idea? Does God need to create a man or woman from the dust or can He order your steps to meet someone? Think about it! It doesn't matter how He does what He does, just be open to following His instructions. Your outrageous miracle might be in your obedience to the most simple instructions.