A friend of mine has a young adult son who was born with genetic issues in both his legs (he has a walker). For the last little while he has been down, sad, restless, and very frustrated because he gets prayed over constantly … and healing never comes.
Well, his mom asked me to talk with him – and at first I froze, panicked – because I’ve actually watched this situation from afar and it has brought me distress (get there in a moment). Yet. Mom was emphatic that God led her to have me talk with him.
I accepted what was on her heart – and I prayed for wisdom.
I get him on the phone a few hours later, and I said, “What makes you think you need healing?”
Silence. He had no answer other than his legs don’t work. 
I said something like, “Who said your legs don’t work as intended?”
I explained he only thinks he is broken because everyone else says he is! Out of their own hearts they SEE legs that don’t work – and these people pray for him constantly. But, I said what about brokenness on the inside that nobody sees?
People with anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, self esteem issues, fear, pride, arrogance, deep emotional hurt, PTSD, deep relational scars, etc – that pain runs deep too and those people have legs that do work.
I explained he isn’t any less perfect than anyone else. And if he wants his legs to be fully whole, it must be for the right reasons. Not because people say he is broken or because the legs are a hassle – but because God wants them whole.
I told him to walk out his life WHILE his legs become whole. If he is sitting around waiting for them to be whole FIRST, he is missing his call.
I explained how the weak confound the strong, how the foolish things shame the wise, and how the things that aren’t nullify the things that are. And how God uses the broken or cracked vessels (pots) to bring valuable water to the greatest of needs. What if God wants to use the crooked legs of one man to straighten the legs of another!
We talked about how his legs aren’t his identity, Jesus is. And how these legs can bring God great glory and powerful advancement in the kingdom.
We prayed, mostly for things other than physical healing. Then. He literally saw himself STANDING up in the spirit realm.
A giant among men.
We hung up the phone and he told his mom, “Mom, I am perfect!”
Yes, he is.
And this was the best healing all year long. 100%.
John 9:1-4
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.”