Laying hands not only help us to transfer gifts to the people, they also help us to know what they are. It helps us to know where they are in their spiritual journey. When Ribca inspired Jacob to deceive his dad Isaac, then Jacob said "my father will know me if he touches me." It's because Jacob did not have haired skin like his brother Esau. Yet Jacob managed and Isaac was deceived because he was very old and that he could not see. Knowing this Jacob developed that he would be able to know without actually seeing someone.
Later in Egypt when Joseph brought his sons, Jacob cunningly put his right hand on Ephraim who stood at his left hand -to bless him. Though he could not see physically it's difficult to deceive him. He knew who is standing where.
Some say that they don't want to know about laying hands. After all laying hands is a help and not a bad thing. We have a thousand rupee bill here in India. It has some touch features. If you don't want to learn those features you may end up with a counterfeit bill. We are struggling with them recently. God's ways never harm us.
It also helps to heal people both physically and emotionally. It's like a balm. Sometimes God likes to touch people through our hands. Let him use your hands. Will you give your hands to him for a right cause?
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