When Jesus Heals

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;”
Luke 4:18 NKJV

 

These verses are talking about Jesus.  Have you ever been sick and prayed for God to heal you?  Did He heal you?  Sometimes God heals us when we ask Him to and sometimes He doesn’t.  Sometimes He heals us over a period of time and sometimes He heals us instantly.

 

I was quite sick a few years ago.  My platelets in my blood were way, way down.  I was very worried that I would cut myself accidently while I was making dinner and bleed to death.  When your platelets are very low your blood won’t clot and you can bleed to death with just one cut.

 

I was in the hospital for a few days and then medication began to build up my platelets.  The doctors said I might get better or I might not.  They said it might take a long time and if I get better the disease might come back later on.  I was very worried. I asked two pastors at my church to anoint me with oil and pray over me asking God to heal me.  And He did.  The disease never came back.

 

But sometimes God doesn’t heal us.  I have a handicap.  I am hard of hearing; not completely deaf.  I have to wear hearing aids.  I hate being hard of hearing but I am glad that I can hear well with my hear aids. I have asked God many times to restore my hearing but as of now He hasn’t. So I wonder how come sometimes He heals us and sometimes He doesn’t?

 

My missionary friends have told me many stories of how God has healed people in the country where they serve Him.  One missionary told me that when he was showing the Jesus’ video a girl about twelve accepted Jesus as her Savior.  She was blind.  The instant she accepted Jesus she could see. 

A missionary doctor told me that one of his patients had stomach cancer but she had no money to fly to another country where they could operate on her.  So her church met to pray for her one evening.  They poured oil on her head and prayed all night for God to heal her.  The next day she was due for another exam by this missionary doctor.  All the symptoms of her cancer were gone.  The doctor even cut her open so he could check her stomach.  The growth was completely gone. God had healed her.

 

In the Bible we read about Jesus healing sick people and even bringing some people back to life.  Whenever someone asked for healing He healed them.  He never said no.

One person that asked Jesus for healing was a nobleman from Capernaum. This nobleman met Jesus while he was in Cana.

 

“Come down and heal my son.  He is dying,” he implored Jesus.

 

But Jesus didn’t go with him. Instead Jesus said, “Go home. Your son lives.”

 

As the nobleman was on his way home his servants met him.  They told him, “Your son lives.” 

 

“When did he get better?” the nobleman asked.

 

“Yesterday at seven o’clock,” they answered.

 

The father was amazed.  That was exactly when Jesus had said to him,”Go home.  Your son lives.”  After that he believed in Jesus; that He is the Son of God.

 

Maybe God doesn’t always heal you or me physically but we can be sure that He heals us spiritually when we ask Him.  He makes our relationship whole with Him when we repent of our sins and ask Him to be our Savior; to come into our life.

 

He also heals us emotionally when we ask.  We might be lonely or feel sad and depressed because people have treated us badly.  When we accept Jesus and spend a lot of time with Him we start to think about Him and the way He loves us.  Our relationship with Him heals us of the hurts and rejections we have felt in our relationships with hurtful people.  So God still heals today.

 

 

Going deeper for parents:

 

I am reminded of Catherine Marshall’s first granddaughter who was born with poor muscle tone.  Catherine gathered a few prayer warriors together to pray continually for her granddaughter’s healing.  Amazing things happened. Several people were healed but not her grandchild.  The grandchild died.  However God blessed her son and his wife with healthy children as time went on.

 

God is God.  He has a purpose in everything He allows in our life.  Sometimes we won’t know the purpose until we meet Him in heaven.  But we can be assured that in all of this He loves us and gives us His presence and His peace.