Divine Healing

So that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. Acts 5:15-16

It shouldn’t surprise you that when the sick and demonized were brought to the apostles in the Jerusalem church, all were healed. Healing and good health have always been God’s will for your body. When God delivered the children of Israel out of Egypt, He told them: “I am the LORD who heals you” (Ex. 15:26). The original Hebrew text says, “I am Jehovah Rapha” or “God your Doctor.” And it is given in the present tense-He is still your Healer today!

God is so consistent in this that He repeats Himself again and again all throughout the Scriptures. “And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known” (Deut. 7:15). He is the Lord who not only forgives all your iniquities, He “heals all your diseases” (Ps. 103:3). When the children of Israel left Egypt to embark on their wilderness journey, “there was none feeble among His tribes” (105:37). The Israelites left Egypt in good health. More than just healing you whenever you are sick, God wants you to enjoy a strong, healthy life. And if the people of God under the old covenant could have both healing and good health, how much more someone like you who is in the new covenant. You should enjoy supernatural healing and good health even more than the Old Testament saints!

In the Gospels, Jesus often healed all who came to Him. Matthew 8:17 makes it very clear that healing is in the atonement: “He Himself took our infi rmities and bore our sicknesses.” If the word “our” means that all of us can receive salvation from our Savior, then “our” must surely also mean that all of us can have healing in a divine Healer. But just as salvation is not automatic, healing is not automatic. Just as you can receive salvation only by faith, likewise healing can only come to you by faith. Seize the blessing He has provided for you through the cross. Turn your faith loose and claim your healing today!