God Did Not Do This To Me: Faith Heals预览

God Is the Great Physician

My husband Doug posted this on my Facebook page: “The Lord is gracious and kind, full of mercy and love. Our God reigns! He is the Great Physician.” 

He was speaking life over himself and encouraging us all along the way, again acknowledging God was Jehovah Rapha, our Healer, and the Doctor of all doctors. If it were not for the Word of God that uplifts, I would have spent most of my time depressed and without authentic hope for healing.

Every day, we were encouraged by different Scriptures; our chosen Scripture for that day was Isaiah 41:10. The prophet shared this Word from God: “Do not fear!” That is something often easily said, but not always easy to walk in. Yet we can receive it because God said it and He means it. Our all-knowing and all-powerful God knew these very words could give us courage in times of weakness. He tells us not be afraid, discouraged, or upset because nothing takes Him by surprise.

Essentially, for those of us who choose to trust Him, He is saying, “I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I’ve got this and I am more than able. Just don’t lose faith.”

Yes, God heals, but we do our part by exercising our faith, by being intentional in reading the Word of God daily and spending time in prayer.

The mind is a powerful tool. I have heard stories of people who were healthy but bought into a lie that they were sick and consequently began to feel ill until they were physically defeated. 

For many of us, it is not that we don’t believe healing can come; we just wonder if it can or will come for us. The thought of trusting for big miracles can be a challenge in and of itself. Too often, we hear of seemingly impossible situations become miraculous testimonies for His glory, but fail to embrace that we too can experience them. We believe it can happen for someone else but doubt greatly for ourselves. Many of us feel unworthy of His mercy, touch, and favor, yet the Bible reminds us we are saved “not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy [which] he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior” (Titus 3:5–6).