Healing

As I said, there is no formula for healing.  We do know that healing exists because of Christ’s sacrifice.  The prophet Isaiah prophesied about this fact hundreds of years before Christ.  Isaiah showed us amazing evidence of (at that time) the coming Messiah who would come and would wash away sin and heal us.

Isaiah 53.

⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions,
   he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
   and by his wounds we are healed.

This is spoken of further in Matthew 8:17

¹⁷ This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
   “He took up our infirmities
   and bore our diseases.”

We see in Mark 16:17-18 that because God has the power to heal and if we believe in Christ, His Spirit lives in us, that He has given us power to accomplish great things in His name for His glory…according to His providence.

¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”


So what do we do when we are sick?  Do we just hope for the best?  While there is no formula for healing, there is mention of going to the elders for prayer.  This deals with purifying yourself, confession of sins, and having righteous people pray over you for healing. 

James 5

¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.

Healing happened in the Bible, but does it still happen today?

Hebrews 13

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

There are times in healing when God does give specific details to how to receive healing.  This is the example in Exodus 15.  If we do these things, it isn’t a sure fire way to being healed.  This was a specific situation here.  This passage also proves, though, that God is the Healer.

²⁶ He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”

I Peter 2 gives us further assurance that we can receive healing from God because of Christ’s work on the cross. 

²⁴ “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

There is no formula to healing, but there is a loving God that wants to bring us healing.  He alone knows what is best and we must trust that whether we are healed or not, He is trustworthy and knows what He is doing.  I hope this helps bring hope to someone today.  God bless.