Healing From Sickness

We see so many examples of Jesus healing people when we read the Bible. There was the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years who just wanted to touch His clothes, the blind man yelling from the side of the road as Jesus passed by, and one time a whole group of people tried to touch Him and He healed them all; to name a few examples. There are some exceptions, but most of the time people were desperate to get to Jesus for healing. He could have healed every person he passed on the road, but the blind man yelling was desperate.

The question that comes to my mind is, “How desperate are we to ask Jesus to heal us?” It seems to me that many times we have more faith in the medical community than we do in Jesus. I’m not against medical treatment, and am thankful for it, but where should we go first? And, if we really are not desperate when we pray because we plan on going to the doctor anyway, how can we expect God to answer our prayers. Do we really believe Jesus can heal us?

“And these signs will follow those who believe: In My [Jesus] name … they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Mark 16:17,18

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…”  Proverbs 18:21  NKJV