What More could I Ask For?

DEVOTION
JAMES
WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR
James 5:14-15
14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
NIV
I don’t think I have ever called for the elders of the church to pray over me because I was sick. I did have my wife ask my pastor to pray for me when I had my heart attack. Does that count? God has raised me up so many times. Sometimes I think people get tired of my telling the accounts. Sometimes I think they just don’t believe me either. I believe in anointing with oil. I have anointed others with oil, I have prayed over others asking God to heal them. So why would I not do the same, asking others to anoint me and pray over me? For the most part I do not think those men have as much faith as I do in the Lord for healing. I have been healed so many times right out and up front just because I asked God myself. I did not need anyone to pray over me, God answered without them. In talking with many of my fellow believers, I really don’t think they have ever seen God heal. I don’t think they really have faith either. Is that being judgmental? Maybe so, but I cannot help but think that way because of what they say. God heals, he is his nature. So why are these words here? How do I apply them to my life? Should I not simply ask and believe on own, without the elder? Is this some sort of formula God wants me to follow? Do I have to interact with the elders in order to be healed? I must say no! So why does God want me to call for the elders? Maybe he does not want that from me because he considers me one of the elders. Maybe because of all the times he has healed me, I not only have faith but experience in the healing power of the Lord. My prayer would certainly be offered in faith believing God will heal. Should elders call for elders when they are sick? Am I being too bold thinking of myself as an elder? I don’t know, but I do know God heals, I believe he heals, I have been healed, I have been raised up from near death, twice. Once spiritually, once physically and I have sinned and I have been forgiven. What more could I ask for?