Then She Got Sick
Heidi Baker had already planted thousands of churches in Mozambique. She had seen blind eyes open and deaf ears hear. By any measure, her faith was extraordinary.
Then she got sick.
In 2013, Heidi was diagnosed with a serious illness that left her bedridden for months. She couldn't preach. She couldn't travel. She could barely move.
"God, I don't understand," she prayed. "There's so much work to do. Why would You sideline me now?"
Beloved Apart from Ministry
The answer came slowly, in the silence of her bedroom.
"I'm not interested in what you can do for Me," she felt God say. "I want you to know how much I love you—apart from your ministry."
Heidi wept. She realized that even her radical faith had become tied to her radical works. God wanted something deeper: surrender without striving.
"That year in bed taught me more about God's love than all my years of ministry," Heidi says. "I learned that I am His beloved—not because of what I do, but because of who I am."
Faith Through Stillness
When Heidi recovered, she returned to ministry—but different. Slower. More present. More in love with Jesus than ever before.
"My faith didn't grow through more activity," she says. "It grew through stillness."
