Healing Is God’s Will
Jesus continually showed us God’s will while He was here on this earth. He said that He came to do the Father’s will. John 6:38: “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.”
Jesus told us that He only said and did what the Father showed him to say or do. John 8:28: “Then said Jesus unto them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.”
When the leper came to Jesus, that man said to Jesus (Matthew 8:2,3) “… Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Here we see Jesus telling the leper that it is His will to heal people. We must understand the great significance in Jesus touching the leper because the law said that Jesus would be unclean if He touched a leper, but the power of God’s “clean” overtook the uncleanness of the sickness of leprosy. Lepers were never touched, but Jesus touched him, to let him know that he was valuable to Jesus. What a beautiful example of God’s willingness to heal the most dreaded of diseases.
In the gospels there are many examples of God’s willingness to heal, demonstrated through His Son Jesus. Look at Jesus’ attitude toward sickness and disease while He was on the earth. Never once did He turn away anyone who asked for healing, without providing healing for them. Even the Syrophenician woman (a Gentile) received healing for her daughter when she asked Jesus Her faith in His healing power was great, even in the face of what seemed unwillingness on His part to respond to her. He was not unwilling; He was pleased with her persistence and I am sure longed that the Jews would have been as persistent.
As we look at other examples of healing in the Bible, let’s remember that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, so if He healed them, He will heal you.
Matthew 4:23,24
And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy and he healed them.
Matthew 8:16,17
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew 14:14
And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them and he healed their sick.
In Mark 6:53-56 we see people who were sick and touched the border of Jesus’ garment and were made whole.
Meditate on these scriptures until you see yourself healed with the touch of Jesus. He wants to bring healing to you and see you whole and happy and enjoying life again.
