Not long ago, we asked the question, “Do you know that God wants you well?” In that discussion, we found that God wants you well, he wants you healed. We also debunked the belief that God, who is the creator of such things like physical pain, sicknesses, accidents, death, and other tragedies (Isaiah 45:7), uses such things to chastise or chasten anyone. We found that much of this ideology used the theological and traditional teachings of those who primarily cited Old Testament scriptures to support their arguments, which portrays the God of the Old Testament as “a god of wrath.” They read their Bibles and see what appears to be God causing such things to happen to mankind and then conclude that God is the perpetrator of such acts on mankind. This belief has become one of the biggest misconceptions about the God of the Old Testament.
In stark contrast, the God of the New Testament is portrayed as “a God of love.” The New Testament portrays God as a very willing healer and life giver. Many of those who believe that God uses such things to chastise or chasten mankind appear to be unaware that God says he changes not (Malachi 3:6), meaning that what God was in the beginning is what he is today and what he will be in the tomorrows. And since those things written in the Old Testament came first, they are steadfast in their belief that it is God who causes these things to happen.
But such theological and traditional teachings, based primarily on Old Testament scriptures, have divided the Christian community on many things, one of them being “healing.” Truth be told, physical pain, sicknesses, accidents, death, and other tragedies actually comes from the devil (The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy - John 10:10) and not from God. God will allow these things to happen, but he does not cause them. Think about this, if God is the cause of all of these things, then he is working against all that Jesus came to do (I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly - John 10:10).
According to scripture, God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went around everywhere doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him (Acts 10:38). We know that he went through all of Galilee, teaching, preaching, and healing every kind of sickness and disease (Matthew 9:35). From this, those who are trapped inside that religious institutional box, where no one is allowed to question those things taught and/or those things that just don’t make sense, will not see that it is the thief, who is stealing our health, destroying our bodies, and/or slowly and painfully taking our lives. They will never understand that this is the work of the thief and not of God. They will continue to blame God for the things that are done by the devil.
“He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole” (Isaiah 53:3-5 AMP).
It is hard to have faith for healing when you believe God is the source of your suffering. It is hard to have faith for healing when you do not know that healing is available to you. When your knowledge for healing is limited, then your faith for healing will also be limited. And when your faith for healing is limited, then your belief for healing will be limited. And when your belief for healing is limited, then the healing that you seek will be limited. And when the healing that you ask for is limited, then the results that you receive will be limited or even non-existent. Everything in this example was limited because the amount of knowledge that you had for healing was limited. It is hard to have faith for healing when you do not have the knowledge that you have been “healed and made whole” by the actions on the cross. “Do you know that God wants you well or are you limited in your knowledge?”
We pray that our commentary and today’s inspirational message will abundantly bless you, greatly inform you, and that you will be the better for having read it. If blessed by this message, please share so that others may be blessed as well. Amen.
Enjoy your blessings - KW
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