If someone told you that the debt that you owe has been fully repaid, would you still be in unbelief and continue to pay towards your debt?
“Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies” – Psalms 103:2-4
“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.”
– Isaiah 53:5
“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”
– 1 Peter 2:24
We see in the scriptures that God has provided atonement and forgiveness of our sins together with the healing of our bodies through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. Just as God doesn’t want you to live in sin, He doesn’t want you to live in sickness either. God’s will is for you to walk in health, just as much as in righteousness.
It would be remiss of a doctor to only diagnose you of your sickness and not to inform you of the possible remedies or treatments, especially if these are already made available. How much more does our loving God desires for your wholeness – free from both sin and sickness. Our heavenly Father has paid for it with the suffering death and resurrection of His son Jesus Christ – the one perfect sacrifice on the cross for your eternal and complete redemption. It is up to you to consent to undergo treatment from the hospital, just like you have to accept the healing from God!
We often find it easier to believe God wants us free from sin, yet struggle to believe He wants us healed, but the same Love (God is Love) that forgives also restores and desire wholeness – spirit, soul and body.
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” – 3 John 2
Firstly, we must understand that sickness is of the devil and a result of the fall in the garden of Eden, because of the first Adam. Sickness does not come except to steal, to kill and to destroy (John 10:10), but Jesus came so that we may have life and have life more abundantly!
Healing is the children’s bread (Mark 7:27) and this is a powerful truth – healing is the rightful portion of the kingdom of God and the inheritance of God’s children. Just as bread is a daily necessity for life and nourishment, so is healing – it is part of the covenant. “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor 5:21). You and I have been accepted into God’s family through this restoration, and we now inherit all His blessings and promises, including healing.
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.” – Galatians 5:6
Faith begins to work in your life and becomes effective when you understand God’s everlasting love for you and towards you – when you know that you know that you know that God loves you. When you have this revelation of His love, you would start to understand and appreciate that He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things (Romans 8:32), including healing?
“But when the multitudes knew it, they followed Him; and He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.” – Luke 9:11
We pray that your understanding be open that you might comprehend the scriptures (Luke 24: 45), being rooted and grounded in love, to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:16-19).