Healing Promises (2 page)

Your Healing Is Part Of The Deal

Once you realize how very much God loves Jesus, His darling Son, ask yourself this: If God
willingly
gave Jesus up for me, would He withhold healing from me?

If God withholds your healing after He has already given you Jesus, then it would mean that your healing is greater or more important than Jesus.

No my friend, He has
already
given you heaven’s best. How will He not also
freely
give you all things, including the healing and wholeness you desire?

If
GOD

did not withhold

heaven’s best

(JESUS)

from you…

…He
will not withhold

healing

from you.

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.

—I
SAIAH 53:4–5, AMP

By His Stripes You Are Healed!

Isaiah 53 is proof forevermore of the Lord’s love for you and His desire for you to be whole. How important is your healing and health to Him? It’s so important that Jesus Himself paid the heavy and terrible price for your wholeness.

When Mel Gibson’s
The Passion Of The Christ
was released, people complained that the scourging scene was too graphic and violent. The truth is that it portrayed only a fraction of what our Lord really suffered on our behalf.

Jesus was violently scourged beyond human recognition by the Roman torture equipment. His flesh was shredded to the point His bones were exposed, starkly white amidst the blood and torn muscles.

He bore the stripes so that we don’t have to. His body was broken so that ours can be whole. And by His stripes, we have been healed!

…On the night when He was betrayed, the Lord
Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God
for it. Then He broke it in pieces and said, “This
is My body, which is given for you. Do this to
remember Me.” In the same way, He took the
cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the
new covenant between God and His people—an
agreement confirmed with My blood. Do this to
remember Me as often as you drink it.”

—
1
C
ORINTHIANS 11:23–25, NLT

Partake Your Way To Wholeness

When you remember how Jesus willingly came to save you and suffered for your healing at the cross, it will cast out every fear of not receiving healing from Him.

That’s what partaking of the Holy Communion is about. When you hold the bread in your hand, simply remember how Jesus’ body was broken at the cross so that yours may be healed and whole. Say, “Lord Jesus, thank You for bearing my condition on Your own body at the cross. When the lashes fell across Your back, my condition died. It has no right to linger in my body!”

Likewise, when you partake of the cup, remember that Jesus shed His blood to save you. Say, “Jesus, thank You for Your shed blood that has washed away my sins and made me righteous. Because I am righteous in Your sight, healing belongs to me. I receive Your healing and resurrection life for my body right now.”

Beloved, remember the Lord and partake your way to divine health!

Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached
Him and knelt before Him. “Lord,” the man
said, “if You are willing, You can heal me
and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and
touched him. “I am willing,” He said.
“Be healed!” And instantly the
leprosy disappeared.

—M
ATTHEW 8:2–3,NLT

“
I will give you back your health and heal
your wounds,” says the Lord.

—J
EREMIAH 30:17, NLT

God Is Able And
Willing
To Heal You

Once, there was a leper who came to Jesus saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” This man didn’t have a problem believing that Jesus had the ability and power to heal him. He just wasn’t sure if Jesus was
willing
to do it for him.

I want you to look at Jesus’ response to the leper and see God’s heart for you where healing is concerned. Jesus answered the leper by touching him and saying, “I am willing. Be healed.”

What did Jesus say?
“I am willing.”
Did He just say it and do nothing? No, He stretched forth His hand to the leper and restored the afflicted man to wholeness.

Today, God wants you to know that He is both able AND willing to heal you. Start to realize and believe that He wants you healed more than you want to be healed!

‘I AM
ABLE…

…I AM also

WILLING.’

—Jesus

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s
good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

—L
UKE 12:32