http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OlQxFHO-b4
(Above are links to testimonies of women being healed of infertility after standing on God's Word.)
Faith Believes BEFORE it Receives
Many of
us know and can tell the stories written in the New Testament about Jesus
healing the lame, restoring the eyesight to the blind, or healing the
lepers. But did you know the first
recorded healing mentioned in the Word of God involved barren wombs? Abraham and Sarah couldn’t have children, but
God blessed them with Isaac even in their old age. Isaac and his wife Rebekah struggled to have
children until God blessed them with twins!
Jacob and Rachel were also barren, but God healed them and we can’t
forget Hannah who after many long years of infertility, God healed her and
blessed her with six children.
If you are
like me, you sometimes read the miracles in the Bible and think of it as just
history, but never interpret the message in relation to it happening to you. Or you hear modern day testimonies of
healing like the ones shown in the above video and think of them as fairy
tales…something not attainable for you.
But if you want healing in your body, then it’s important to believe
that the miracles happening to others could also happen to you if you have a
confident expectation (hope) and faith in God’s ability and willingness to heal
you. God has proven that He cares for
barren women; He gives life when life is “impossible,” and He can heal any life
that He has created. He is your personal
Doctor…free of charge. But do you
believe?
Let’s look
at a woman in the Bible who had hope and faith Jesus would heal her despite never
seeing a healing personally; but only learning of Jesus and the testimonies
from others. In Mark 5:25-34,
there is a story of a woman who was plagued with an issue of blood for twelve
years. She was desperate and spent all of
the money she had on Doctors to get well, yet she was no better but only grew
worse. She was hopeless. But when she heard about Jesus and His
ability and willingness to heal ALL who came to Him, she began to say,
“If only I may touch His clothes, I will
be healed.” She went to Jesus and
pressed through the crowd to touch Him.
She had her heart set on getting to Him, and nothing could stop
her. She was relentless. When she got to Jesus, she touched Him, and
immediately healing power flowed through her body. She was healed. Jesus,
immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in
the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”
When the woman came and fell down before Him He said to her, “Daughter,
your faith has healed you. Go in peace,
your suffering is over.”
This
woman knew a lot about suffering. She
suffered from her sickness, suffered from the doctors and suffered from having
one disappointment after another. She not
only lost all of her money on medical treatments, but she had possibly lost all
of her relationships due to being a social outcast (she was considered
unclean). After twelve long and lonely years
of hurting she must have lost all hope in ever seeing her situation changing. Perhaps you are now where this woman was and
also feeling hopeless. But chin up; hope is not gone and Jesus’ healing power
is available to you like it was to this woman. Her hope was restored when she learned about
Jesus (His compassion, kindness, and healing touch) and the testimonies of
others. She took the word she heard and visualized
herself as healed. She said, “If only I
may touch his clothes, I will
(not maybe) be healed.” She had a confident expectation and never doubted that the man she had only
heard of could and would heal her. She believed in her own healing before ever
having proof of it. Faith
believes before it receives.
This story demonstrates how faith is the hand that
reaches to God and releases His power over your situation. Jesus told this woman, “Daughter, your faith
has healed you.” If it wasn’t for this
woman believing what she heard and reaching out her hand in faith to touch
Jesus, she wouldn’t have been healed. Do
you need healing in your body today?
Maybe you need emotional or spiritual healing? It’s important to know that receiving
your healing from God is not about you begging Him or wondering if it’s
available to you; it’s simply you believing, reaching out and grabbing a hold
of what is already yours. Reach out your hand today and see your healing through the
eyes of faith.
You
can reach out and lay hold of the healing power of God’s Word in the same way
this woman reached out and laid hold of Jesus’ garment. As you believe and hold tight to His Word in
faith, healing will flow into you. But, God’s
Word is like taking medicine for a headache.
Advil will not do you any good if you just place it on top of your head
and the same is true if you just know God’s Word but don’t believe it.
A lot
of times people will believe God for their healing, but when they don’t “feel”
any change they question God and let go of their faith. Your
healing may not come immediately like it did for the woman with the issue of
blood. God’s Word sometimes works in the
same way doctors will prescribe refills in order to remove your sickness. Keep believing, speaking and meditating on it
until your healing is complete. Never
give up on your quest for healing. The
woman with the issue of blood must have wanted to accept her sickness as her
lot in life, but when she heard of Jesus, she believed and wouldn’t give up until
she touched Him and was healed. You must also believe through faith, be
persistent and never give up until you receive your healing. It’s a promise from God for you to be healed
so hold tight to this promise and never let go.
Remember faith believes BEFORE it
receives.
“My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen
carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart,for they bring life to those who find them,
and healing to their whole body.”
Proverbs 4:20-22 (NIV)
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