May 28, 2020 I AM THE GOD THAT HEALS
Psalm 103:2-5 “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;
Psalm 107:19-20 “Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses; He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
No doubt we all have questions about why some are healed of sickness and why others are not healed and why some are delivered from trouble and others are not. These unanswered questions can cause us to doubt the goodness of God and can dampen our faith or even lead to depression. As we get into this subject, it is good for us to be ok with un-answered questions and not to have full understanding of some things. Also, we must know that how God defines healing and deliverance may be different than our limited definition of the same. With God’s help, I think and I pray that we can get beyond these questions of ‘Why God’. Let us settle one issue in our own understanding forever-the undisputable truth is that God is our healer-whether we understand it or not, or whether it fits our definition of healing or not. We must remain aware of the critical truth that God is the potter and we are the clay. Isaiah 64:8. And we must remember that God is so much bigger than our human comprehension; Isaiah 55:9 tells us “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” We tend to think in the physical realm even though the spiritual realm is eternal and more real than what we see with our eyes. 2 Corinthians 4:18. Let us expand our belief and let us know deep within that God is our healer and that His coming and dying for us is our true healing. Even though we live in this fallen world at the present and even though we face trials and difficulties, we have been transferred to the kingdom of God and have been joined to Him. What I am about to say may sound absurd to some, but I think it is a critical part of the answer to the question as to why God does not always heal us when we ask Him for healing. God’s healing is whole; He heals our whole person-mind, body and soul; even in our sickness, God is our healer. God may heal instantly, or He may let us be healed through the natural processes of how He designed our bodies to recover from sickness or infection; and even to die from sickness is the perfect healing. So even as we may be lying in bed sick and though we may feel awful, we can at the same time know that whatever God is doing or allowing, He is our healer and we can experience His peace knowing that He loves us and cares for us. In our pain, we can also know that we have a destiny with Him and nothing can subvert His plans for us and His eternal purposes. So yes, we face troubles and trials here, but they are not without purpose, and they do not go unnoticed by our Father. We can pronounce and we can know in the deepest part of our being that God is our healer and He has already sent His word and His word heals us with a perfect healing; we were rescued from darkness and made whole and our life is in His hands.
Isaiah 41:10 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
3 John 1:2 “Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.”
Blessings, Buddy
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