Means ( 2 Kings 20 v 7 )

Last time we considered how God delivered Israel of old,and then they asked for a king,now it was not ..necessarily wrong to ask for a king,as long as he and the country still trusted God.In the nineteenth century,God raised up a people ,who called themselves the Peculiar People.This name was taken from the 1 Peter 2 v 9 in the AV,modern translation have,'God's special possession'.Most of these people were poor farming people,and they were very godly, when these people became ill they would pray for healing,they could not afford doctors , plus the fact that there was very little effective medicine available .God did answer their prayers, and many people were healed,I personally knew one person who had been healed.But gradually things changed,in that immunization came in,and people were required to have their children immunized,against diphtheria,there were those who refused to do this ,believing wrongly that it would undermine faith in God,unfortunately some children died,and parents were taking to court and charged with neglect .Our Saviour said those who are sick need a doctor ( Luke 5 v 31 ) ,God uses means to help us,he used a  pillar of cloud and fire to lead His people through the wilderness ( Exodus 13 v 21ff ),so it is not wrong to use a sat nav,or a map to find ones way.,God has provided the means to guide us.Let  us not despise the means God for provides us, but do not let the means undermine our trust in God, pray his blessing on the means that he uses  to help us,whatever they may be, but  also remember that God is not tied to means.