DEVOTIONAL – Not long ago, we asked the question, “Do you know that God wants you well?” In that discussion, we found that God wants you well, he wants you healed. We also debunked the belief that God, who is the creator of such things like physical pain, sicknesses, accidents, death, and other tragedies (Isaiah 45:7), uses such things to chastise or chasten anyone. We found that much of this ideology used the theological and traditional teachings of those who primarily cited Old Testament scriptures, which portrays the God of the Old Testament was “a God of wrath.” to support their argument. They read their bibles and see what appears to be God causing such things to happen to mankind and then conclude that God is the perpetrator of such acts on mankind. This belief has become one of the biggest misconceptions about the God of the Old Testament In stark contrast, the God of the New Testament is portrayed as “a God of love.” The New Testament portrays God as a very willing healer and life giver. Many of those who believe that God uses such things to chastise or chasten mankind appear to be unaware that God says he changes not (Malachi 3:6), meaning that God what was in the beginning is what he is today and what he will be in the tomorrows. And since those things written in the Old Testament came first, they are steadfast in their belief that it is God who causes these things to happen. But such theological and traditional teachings, based primarily on Old Testament scriptures, have divided the Christian community on many things, one of them being “healing.” Truth be told, physical pain, sicknesses, accidents, death, and other tragedies actually comes from Satan (The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; John 10:10) and not from God. God will allow these things to happen but he does not cause it. Think about this, if God is the cause of all of these things, then he is working against all that Jesus came to do (I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly; John 10:10). According to scripture, God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went around everywhere doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him (Acts 10:38). We know that he went through all of Galilee, teaching, preaching, and healing every kind of sickness and disease (Matthew 9:35). From this, those who are trapped inside that religious institutional box, where no one is allowed to question those things taught and/or those things that just don’t make sense, will not see that it is the thief, who is stealing our health, destroying our bodies, and/or slowly and painfully taking our lives. They will never understand that this is the work of the thief and not of God. They will continue to blame God for the things that are done by Satan. “He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole” (Isaiah 53:3-5 AMP). It is hard to have faith for healing when you believe God is the source of your suffering. It is hard to have faith for healing when you do not know that healing is available to you. When your knowledge for healing is limited, then your faith for healing will also be limited. And when your faith for healing is limited, then your belief for healing will be limited. And when your belief for healing is limited, then the healing that you seek will be limited. And when the healing that you ask for is limited, then the results that you receive will be limited or even non-existent. Everything in this example was limited because the amount of knowledge that you had for healing was limited. It is hard to have faith for healing when you do not have the knowledge that you have been “healed and made whole” by the actions on the cross. “Do you know that God wants you well or are you limited in your knowledge?” We pray that our commentary and today’s inspirational message will abundantly bless you, greatly inform you, and that you will be the better for having read it. If blessed by this message, please share so that others may be blessed as well. Amen. - Kingdom Worker Ministries You Are Healed aDevotion.org 1 PETER 2:24 NKJ 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness -- by whose stripes you were healed. Time is difficult to understand. Scientists tell us that time is relative, just something that seems real to us. The Bible indicates God is outside of time. God created time so He is not confined to it. Can we easily comprehend this? No. When a human makes a statement that is not true at this present moment in time, we call it a lie -- not the truth. But when God says something that does not seem to be true at this moment -- we cannot accuse Him of telling a lie -- because God is not limited to our time frame. (Also, we do not know everything.) Having said all that, the Bible clearly says that you ARE healed. ISAIAH 53:4-5 NRSV 4 Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. So, you have a choice. You can look at it from your perspective and say, That is not true. I am not healed. Or, you can view the situation from Gods perspective, and because of your faith in Him, agree with what He said. Which choice is best? As you decide your answer, remember to include eternity in your evaluation. Pleasing God by accepting His Word can bring benefits to you after this life. Here is one way of understanding all this. God made provision for everyone to be healed. That provision must be received by faith -- by believing and acting on what God has said in His Word. Humans have a choice: believe Gods Word and resist anything that would try to steal their health, or, let their feelings and circumstances control them. If you disagree with all this, lets not argue or fight. That will not help anyone. But remember, the Bible will still say what it says. MATTHEW 8:16-17 NKJ 16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. God made provision for your healing, but the devil tries to steal it away from you. Here is the bottom line: we do not understand everything. God does. Since God loves us, it seems best to trust in Him instead of trusting in our own limited understanding. So, I choose to believe and say what God says, whether I understand it or not. SAY THIS: The Bible says I am healed. I choose to agree with what God has said in the Bible. #KWMinistries #dailydevotional
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:42:40 +0000
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