HEALING BY FAITH
Devotions:
“But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.” Matthew 9:22, 29 KJV
We see that in Jesus’ ministry, most of the time sick people received their healing using their own faith. Jesus never said that “My power.” Or “The power of God has healed you.” Obviously the power of God healed the people, but the power of God is always present to heal. Jesus and the power of God is the same yesterday, today and forever. So what these people did, we can do also; use our faith to receive our healing. Our faith is being totally confident of God’s word and that God‘s word is for us without respect to persons.
Two major differences; one, Jesus is not physically here. Since people are sense oriented, it was easier to release their faith when they saw Jesus. We must then build up our confidence in the word of God, that it is truth. But secondly we do not have to go to a physical location in order to touch Jesus to receive our healing. The Holy Spirit is the one administering God’s healing power here on the earth today through believing the word of God. We build up our faith by meditating on healing scriptures. In the time of Jesus the people built their faith by hearing testimonies about Jesus healing, and hearing His teaching about the kingdom of God.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Hebrews 11:6 So the people in Jesus’ day had to have teaching on God’s will and ability to heal. Healing is part of the kingdom of God. It is for everyone and anyone can receive using their faith.