Many times, sick or ill Christians easily give up praying for healing especially when the healing doesn't come. Sadly, they lose hope and just start saying "it's God's will for me to be sick."
That is so wrong.
Friends, it's not God's will for anyone to be sick. In fact, He does not do us wrong. Lamentations 3:31-33 tells us,
"For the Lord will not cast off forever. Though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men."
Have you ever noticed that in the New Testament, Jesus would heal everyone who is sick or demon-possessed? We read this in different verses:
- "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people." (Matthew 4:23)
- "When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick." (Matthew 8:16)
- "Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people." (Matthew 9:35)
In fact, Christ's atoning sacrifice gave us healing. Isaiah 53:5 tells us,
"But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed."
By this we understand that it's God's will for us, all of us, to be healed.
But why am I still sick?
Now after reading all of that, perhaps you might be thinking, "why am I still sick?" "Why do the symptoms remain?"
I have something very important to share in response to such questions:
Maybe we really didn't believe God for our healing.
Believing for healing
Maybe we haven't received our healing because we didn't ask in faith. Jesus says in Matthew 21:21-22, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
But what is faith, really? Let's take a look at the father of faith, Abraham:
"He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform." (Romans 4:20-21)
Are we really convinced that God can and will do what He says He will do? Are we really convinced that by Christ's stripes, we are really healed? Jesus often said "your faith has made you well" to people He healed (see Matthew 9:22). If we truly believe God's word, then we will see it.
So what's the right mindset?
In conclusion, then, my friends, we should believe God for our healing. If we believe God for our healing, we will keep praying for our healing until it comes. Whether our healing takes a split-second or a very long time to arrive, we will keep praying and believing for our healing.
The healing is not the most important thing here, anyway. It's our faith in Him that matters.
