Victory Over Sickness & Disease

"That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick." (Matthew 8:16 NLT)

     I like the way the New Living Translation words this scripture. Jesus cast out these evil spirits with just His words, a "simple command". Brothers and Sisters as the scripture says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit." (Proverbs 18:21) We do not have to deny that a sickness or disease is trying to come against us, but as Christians we are not to stop there, as the scripture says, "for we walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinth. 5:7).
     There are seventeen times in the Gospels that Jesus healed all the sick who were present.
(Mt 4:23-24, 8:16-17, 9:35, 12:15, 14:14, 34-36, 15:30-31, 19:2, 21:14; Mr 1:32-34, 39, 6:56; Lu 4:40, 6:17-19, 7:21, 9:11; and 17:12-17). 
     There are forty-seven other times where He healed one or two people at a time (Mt 8:1-4, 5-13, 14-15, 28-34, 9:1-8, 20-33, 12:10-13, 22-23, 15:21-28, 17:14-18, 20:30-34; Mr 1:21-31, 40-45, 2:1-12, 3:1-5, 5:1-20, 25-43, 7:24-37, 8:22-26, 9:14-29, 10:46-52; Lu 4:33-39, 5:12-15, 17-26, 6:6-10, 7:1-17, 8:27-39, 43-56, 9:37-42, 11:14, 13:11-17, 14:1-5, 18:35-43, 22:51; Joh 4:46-54, 5:2-15, 9:6-7, and 11:43-44) 
     And there was even a time in His hometown when He could not heal many because of their doubt and unbelief spawned by their familiarity and contempt for Him (Mark 6:4); but even in this case it was Jesus' desire to heal them all. 
     Jesus said that He could do nothing of Himself but only what He saw the Father do (John 5:19 and 8:28-29). So in light of the fact that Jesus never once refused to heal anyone, we must conclude that it is always God's will to heal. In fact, as the scripture says, "by whose stripes you were healed" (1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5) -past tense- meaning all of our healing has already been provided for through Christ by grace, and now we are to obtain it by faith. This starts with being born-again, allowing our minds to be renewed by His Word, using our imagination as God intended to see the promises of His word being fulfilled in our lives, and speaking words of faith and not doubt or unbelief.

   Brothers and sisters, begin to strengthen your faith muscles by believing God for healing in your body. As you begin to walk in victory over sickness and disease, your trust in the Lord will increase and He will show you more and more as the scripture says, "call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known" (Jeremiah 33:3 ESV). There is no greater adventure than knowing  God and walking in relationship with Jesus by the power of His Holy Spirit. It starts now...have fun...be blessed...He loves you more than you know.

 Will