Healing Promises (20 page)

Jesus Is Pleased When You Take From Him

In the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, you could say that the woman sneaked up behind Jesus and “stole” her healing! But was Jesus offended? Not at all! In fact, He was so pleased with her boldness that He just had to meet her.

Jesus did not seek her out to rebuke her. No, He sought her out so that He could affirm her with His love and assure her that He wasn’t angry with her for having taken a portion of healing virtue from Him. That’s why He even called her “daughter” and encouraged her to walk in her healing—“Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

Beloved, that’s the heart of your Savior. He freely gives out His healing virtue to anyone who will take it from Him. So reach out and take from Him right now and bring pleasure to His heart!

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all
things are possible to him who believes.”

—M
ARK 9:23

Let us hold fast the confession of our
hope without wavering, for He who
promised is faithful.

—H
EBREWS 10:23

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man
who trusts in You!

—P
SALM 84:12

Jesus—The One Who Always Believes

Mark 9:23 has been traditionally taught to mean that you can have your miracle if YOU can believe. If you can’t believe, then Jesus isn’t going to give you your miracle.

But if you study the Greek structure of the verse, it’s actually saying, “Can you believe that all things are possible to Him [Jesus] who is always believing?”

That makes a world of difference! It’s not about how well or how much you can believe, but WHO you believe.
Jesus is the only one whose faith is always constant and never wavers.
His faith never fails! And if you can believe that all things are possible for Jesus who never doubts, never wavers, then you are on your way to receiving your miracle!

Beloved, have faith not in your faith, but in
Him
who always believes and always wants to do good to you!

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author
and perfecter of our faith…

—H
EBREWS 12:2, NIV

Don’t focus on

whether or not

you
have enough

faith to be healed.

Fix your eyes

on
Jesus
,

the author and perfecter

of your faith!

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding
as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, just as by the
Spirit of the Lord.

—
2
C
ORINTHIANS 3:18

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is
good! For His mercy endures forever.

—P
SALM 107:1

Simply See Jesus’ Goodness In The Word

I was down with a nasty fever once. I sought the Lord and He told me to simply read about His healing miracles in the Gospels. He even told me to forget doctrine and to just focus on His grace, compassion and willingness to heal the sick.

Delving into the Scriptures, I soon found myself in the presence of my healer and life-giver. I bathed in His love for me and just saw His goodness and willingness to heal me, since He healed
every person
who came to Him for healing. It wasn’t long before the fever left.

Beloved, without spiritual gymnastics, but simply by seeing Jesus and His grace in the Scriptures, you can be transformed into His likeness—which includes having His resurrection life—unconsciously and effortlessly!

…He cast out the spirits with a word,
and healed all who were sick.

—M
ATTHEW 8:16

…great multitudes followed Him,
and He healed them all.

—M
ATTHEW 12:15

…the whole multitude sought to touch Him,
for power went out from Him and healed them all.

—L
UKE 6:19