Keys to Healing - Part 1

Key #1 - You need to know it is God's will to heal you

One of the hindrances to our ability to receive from God has to do with the way we see Him. If we don't know or trust somebody, our ability to have faith in them is greatly diminished. God's Word tells us that we must be in faith when we approach Him: </p>

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him ." (Hebrews 11:6 KJV)

Jesus freely healed ALL who came to Him, and He instructed His disciples to do the same. Freely didn't mean they were charging for ministry, but rather the frequency by which they performed these miracles. God wants us to FREELY heal the sick, meaning, He wants us doing it often and to many people!

"And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give ." (Matthew 10:7-8 KJV)

How can we freely go forth and heal the sick, if we aren't sure if it's God's will to heal them? When Jesus gave the command, there were no exceptions that went along with it. This lines up with the example we are given in scripture where Jesus healed ALL who came to Him! How often did Jesus heal people? Let's take a look...

"And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them." (Matthew 4:24)

"...and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all ;" (Matthew 12:15)

What was Jesus doing? He was demonstrating a very important part of the covenant that He made with us through shedding His blood.

"When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. " (Matthew 8:16-17 KJV)

Jesus went about demonstrating the GOOD will of the Father toward mankind and the covenant of healing that we have today because of Jesus' work on the cross!

When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray in Matthew 6, He instructed them to pray that the will of the Father be done here on earth, as it is in heaven. If you want to see God's will here on earth, you need to look at what is allowed or not allowed up in heaven! Do you see sickness, poverty, or bondage up in heaven? Not at all. Unfortunately, God's will does not always prevail here on earth, because we live in a fallen world, and many times His will is hindered. If God's will always prevailed here on earth, then God would have to be behind every form of evil, sin, rape, murder, etc. Those things are clearly not God's will here on earth, are they? Absolutely not!

"Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (Matthew 7:9-11 KJV)

Jesus compared the heart of a good earthly father to our heavenly father. Now what good earthly father would turn away their son or daughter from being healed if they had the ability to free them from all forms of sickness and disease? Any parent today that would either put sickness on their child, or refuse to get them adequate medical attention, can be convicted of a serious crime, and either wind up in jail or the mental hospital! While we would never do these terrible things to our children, we somehow believe that God would do them to us. Are we more loving and good hearted that our heavenly Father?

How we see God and knowing His nature is an important key to trusting him; you will have a hard time trusting somebody whom you have never known, or question their heart toward you.

Sickness is a result of a curse (Deuteronomy 28:59-61), and came into the world as a result of sin. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and of sin (1 John 3:8). If sickness is the fruit of sin, for God to be glorified by sickness, would mean God endorses the source of sickness, which would mean God also endorses sin. God does not endorse sin nor does He endorse the fruit of sin!

"...the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." (1 John 3:8 KJV)

The fact is, if you don't know it is God's will for you to be healed, then what you have isn't called faith, it's called hope. Faith is knowing that it is God's will to heal you. Hope is hoping that it's His will to heal you.

And finally, I want to ask you a good logical question: If it is God's will for you to be sick, then why are you fighting God's will in your life by going to the doctor or taking medications?

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