God desires that we be made whole in spirit mind and body. The world, however, is imperfect and illness is part of reality. Jesus walked about healing all manners of sickness, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, still ministers healing. In all situations, we should ask God to invoke His Spirit of healing, pray for healing and believe in God’s healing power. How God responds is His business.RELEVANCE
One reason God brings healing is to increase measures of our faith. First and foremost, He wants to heal the nature of our relationship with Him. In doing so, we are subject to two critical dynamics of God’s ways and the Kingdom of God:
- God expects His healing to be accompanied with our worship.
- God manifests His healing powers that He be glorified.
There was a certain man Jesus healed. When the LORD saw him later, He made a simple, yet profound statement, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you” (John 5:8-14). The man’s continuous state of worship would be a crucial element of his continued state of wellness.
During the time Jesus ministered, the culture considered sickness a result of sin. He healed one without sin just to prove a point: God alone is sovereign over life and death, wellness and sickness. He looks to be glorified in all things.
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him” (John 9:3).
God may use doctors or people of faith who will “lay hands on the sick and they will recover” (Mark 16:18). One thing we must remember; God alone is the ultimate healer. He is sovereign over life and death. It truly brings us to a posture of reverence.
REFLECT AND RELATE
As you pray for healing check your faith. Do fully believe God is able to manifest healing?
What would healing truly mean to you; to others?
How would you respond if God manifested healing?
Meditate on the connection between the reality of the Kingdom of God and God’s healing process. See the references below.
REFERENCES
Luke 9:2; 10:9