I yearn to hear those words,
“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed of your suffering.”
Being raised with teaching that certainly God can heal but He doesn’t always heal, I most often observed a limited faith – with “markers” on it, indicating that because God doesn’t always heal, it just seemed simpler to not truly trust – not truly believe He desires to heal. I It was unsteady ground for me – for many years.
After seeing our daughter and her husband redeemed and healed from their drug addiction, trusting in God’s healing became easier to me. I started to realize that God truly desires healing for us, His children. So when our precious grandson needed great healing, I delved into the Gospels, studying and recording every report of Jesus healing. The Gospels confirmed Isaiah 53: By His wounds we are healed. Our Jesus is the healer. He healed everyone who came to him, never turning anyone away. And he healed those people He came across who never even asked for healing!
What love!
What power!
What compassion our Savior has!
Now, I can pray in faith, believing and trusting that it is God’s will for healing. If I don’t see that healing, I can trust in a Father whose ways are higher than mine and whose thoughts are higher than mine. Yes, I can trust Him. And so, I continue to pray for complete healing for my grandson. I will never cease to pray in that manner because I know I have a compassionate Father who desires the best for my grandson – and for me. Jesus, Himself, teaches me to continue asking, seeking, and knocking. He teaches me to be persistent in going to the Father for justice for my grandson. He teaches me that as much as I want healing for my grandson, “how much more” my Father in heaven offers. He teaches this not only to me but to all of us.
So I ask – Why do you put limits on God’s desire to heal?
I encourage you to run boldly to Him, in faith, both conscious of and confident in His finished work on Calvary. Listen for those words, “Son / Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed of your suffering.”
Read more at Mark 5:24-34, Isaiah 53:4,5, Luke 11, 18, Hebrews 4:16
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