Big Healing Book - Should I Expect to Fall Over or Resist Falling Over When I Am Prayed Over?

Should I Expect to Fall Over or Resist Falling Over When I Am Prayed Over?

Neither!

The idea is that someone will lay hands on you (the sick) so that you will recover (Mark 16:18). Falling over has nothing to do with it. I would prefer that you stay on your feet and recover after hands are laid on you rather than having you fall over and stay sick. Both are quite possible and happen all the time.

Some people just expect to fall over, and down they go whether it’s the anointing or not. (Thank God for ushers.) You should NOT go up expecting to go down, even if a lot of people are falling over. You should expect that you will recover because hands are being laid on you in obedience to Jesus’ instructions. You should focus on receiving healing. Whether or not you fall is irrelevant.

Because your focus is on receiving healing from God, you should not be trying NOT to fall over, either. Some people brace themselves as if they are just daring God or the preacher to knock them down. That is the wrong focus and it will hinder you from receiving your healing.

I share a story elsewhere in this book about the time I resisted an evangelist who kept trying to push me down, and how I did not fall but did not get my healing either. (Another time I let that same evangelist push me down – it wasn’t the anointing that knocked me over, but the real anointing of God did heal me!)

I believe that another principle applies here. “Touch not God’s anointed, and do His prophets no harm” (1 Chronicles 16:22 and Psalm 105:15). You will not secure any kind of blessing for yourself by making a scene over the fact that he is pushing you. As annoyed as you may be, shouting, “Don’t shove me, Bro!” is not something I’d recommend. The fact is that many anointed ministers do this, and if you want to receive from their anointing, you will have to cooperate with them. Locking your legs and being defiant will not help you in the long run. Remember that you are receiving from GOD and the man is only a messenger of the anointing. Keep your eyes on your Healer.

Please note that I am in no way defending the practice of shoving the sick over. Jesus said that you would lay hands on them, and I do not believe He meant that there should be 100 pounds of pressure behind your hands when you do so. However, ministers are people too and they are growing just as you are. If you will cooperate with the minister, you will not only have a better chance of getting healed, but also you won’t look foolish when you protest being shoved over and the man who just prayed over you never touched you. (I’ve been the person who never touched someone in that scenario.)

I have said for years that we could have two lines at the end of a service. The first line would be a healing line for people who want to get healed. The second line would be a feeling line for people who want to fall over. I could lay hands on everyone in the first line and say, “Be healed in the name of Jesus!” Then I could shove everyone in the second line as hard as I can and say, “Fall over in the name of ME!” (I could not do this in Jesus’ name because He never pushed anyone down.) No one’s ever taken me up on it. (One pastor got angry because he thought I was serious about doing it! I had to explain that my offer was tongue-in-cheek.)

Go up expecting to receive your healing, and get it. Don’t let your mind get distracted by thoughts of whether you will or will not fall over. Falling or not falling does not matter – receiving your healing does. Focus on receiving your healing.