Healing is a gift. No matter how it comes to us, or in what form; when we are desperate to be healthy, well, cured and free, it is a gift. The longer I live and the older I get, I realize I need healing in many areas of my life. Areas that are not limited to that which is purely physical, but areas of emotional and spiritual wellbeing as well.  Fortunately, for those of us who believe in God’s Word, we have lots of promises like:

Psalms 103:3  “He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.”  And  Psalms 147:3   “He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” (NLT)

Many times, it is not enough to simply believe in words, but to act on what we say we believe.  If you took time to read many of the stories in the New Testament when people were healed by Jesus, you would see some very common threads.  At times, Jesus was passing by, saw a need, and decided to bless with the gift of healing.  But more times than not, people came to Him seeking to be healed. For example:

Mark 1:40 “A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus, begging to be healed…”

Matt. 21:14  “The blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He healed them….”

Mark 7:25  “A woman who had heard about Him came and fell at His feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged Him to cast out the demon from her daughter….”

Luke 6:8  “Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward, and Jesus restored his hand….”

Then, there’s  this:  (…..I just love this….)

Luke 6:17-19  “Jesus went down with them [the disciples] and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases [physical]. Those troubled by impure spirits [spiritual/emotional] were cured, and the people all tried to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.”    [added words in brackets-mine]

…So cool that regardless of what version of the Bible you read concerning Luke 6:19, all say the same thing:  … “Power was coming from Jesus, and He healed ALL of them!”  (see also Matt. 15:30).

I’m convinced that those of us who come to Jesus, believing by faith that HE is the source of our healing, will walk away healed.  It may not be the way we, in our human mind and heart, believe it should be. But in the power and sovereignty of God, we will be blessed with the gift of healing!  We can place our hope and trust in this.

Gonna close with this incredible story of healing in the N.T. It’s in Luke 7:1-10

Here’s a quick paraphrase:

A Roman officer had a slave who was sick and near death. The Roman officer highly valued this slave. So he sent some respected Jewish elders to Jesus to ask Him to come and heal his slave. The elders begged Jesus to come saying; “If anyone deserves your help, he does, for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”

Jesus decides to go with them, but before they get to the house, the Roman officer sends some friends out to tell Jesus this:

“Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor. I am not even worthy to come and meet you.  Just say the word from where You are, and my servant will be healed. I know this because I am a man under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers.  I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come.  And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.” 

You know?  I love the understanding this man has of authority!  This concept of authority becomes key in this story of healing.  And it is key in our understanding of healing as well.

The Bible tells us that when Jesus heard what this man said, He was amazed!  And He turned to the crowd that was following Him and said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all of Israel!”

How would you like to amaze Jesus and have Him say that of you?

….Hand raised really high goes here….. Yeah. Me, too!

Of course, the slave was completely healed by the time they all got back to the house.

But here is this powerful man who humbled himself to just let Jesus be Jesus, and believe!  In essence, he was saying, “I’m not worthy of Your power and Your sovereignty, but I will yield to it, because I believe AND You alone hold all authority to heal.”

So much so, that Jesus was impressed with his faith!!  This is the kind of faith I need. Pretty sure you do, too.  It all begins when we come to Jesus in our pursuit of healing…..for whatever it is we need to be healed of!  And we let Jesus be Jesus, and do it His way.  And we resolve to believe His way works! …Because it really does!

Love & Blessings!
-Cindy Magsig

Song – “Healing is in Your Hand” by Christy Nockels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sG94EKGDcU
Song – “Healer” by Kari Jobe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2yDB528p3Q
Additional Scriptures: Luke 13:1-13, Luke 5:17-20, John 5:1-9, Mark 9:17-27