Day 10, January 12, 2021
Today’s focus: Healing from Disease
Isaiah 53:5 (NLT)
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
I actively pray for healing and the healing that I have seen God work in various people’s lives. Not always does healing happen, but I always pray for it.
Matthew 4:23-25 (MSG)
From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. Word got around the entire Roman province of Syria. People brought anybody with a sickness, whether mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus healed them, one and all. More and more people came, the momentum gathering. Besides those from Galilee, crowds came from the “Ten Towns” across the lake, others up from Jerusalem and Judea, still others from across the Jordan.
Christ followers are under God’s government. God has different rules or ways .. It is a good government and He brings about healing!
Anything outside of God doesn’t bring good, but in God’s Kingdom, good things happen. Not just physical healing, but every place where there was disease/sickness (physical, mental, emotional).
Physical healing is easy to see and to pray for (Covid19, diabetes, cancer, etc.). Normally when we talk about healing .. this is probably what we often think of .
Mental illnesses are many though and we need healing from (panic, PTSD, Bipolar, depression, mood swings, eating, personality, etc.)
Many people need healing from emotional damage(hopeless, discouragement, etc.) Things that take place that cause us to have a distorted view of God, others and yourself.
I don’t know about you, but I need a little bit of healing today. Maybe not physical healing
Ways God heals…
One way is instantly. God just heals them instantly. He doesn’t need another year or hour he could do in an instant. Jesus cured the Nobleman’s son (John 4), Jesus cured Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1), Jesus heals a leper (also in Mark 1), Jesus healed the Centurion’s servant (Matthew 8), etc.
He also heals incrementally. John 9 shares about a man that Jesus spits, applies mud and incrementally brings his vision to full restoration.
In the OT, Naaman the leper who dips in the Jordan 7 times. His healing was incremental.
He also heals differently. Jesus prays “if it is possible let this cup of suffering be removed.” God in a moment could have removed that cup of suffering. Jesus goes on to say “nonetheless let your will be done.”
Sometimes when God doesn’t give you the miracle, He makes YOU the miracle for others and that brings healing and encouragement for others.
