Why isn't everyone healed when we pray?

Chuck Smith, Living Water, chapter 12: The only explanation I can give for lack of healing is that the Holy Spirit is sovereign not only in the bestowing of a gift, but also in its operation. If you have the gifts of healing, you can't pray for anyone you want whenever you want and always see them healed. As you pray for the sick, God will heal some, but there will be others who won't be healed. I do not believe we will ever know why some are healed and why others aren't; that is information God keeps to Himself. The truth is, some of the most godly, holy, righteous people I know of suffer infirmities and die of cancer, while other horribly wicked people live in perfect health until the day they die of natural causes. We'll never understand the ways of God, and how He chooses to parcel out miracles of healing. From Chuck Smith's books, used by permission of The Word For Today.

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