Healing the sick

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. Matthew 4: 23

Recently I have become very aware of the number of people who need prayer for healing and what is more the increase in the testimony of people being healed. Whenever Jesus taught he also healed the sick including those suffering pain, paralysed or having seizures. He drove out demons, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf and healed the lame so they could walk. This is the Kingdom coming to earth. Jesus brought the Kingdom of heaven here and in this the kingdom there is no sickness, pain, disease or demons and their horrible ways.

It is this same Kingdom that Jesus wants us to proclaim. He wants us to bring his Kingdom to people regardless of whether they are believers or not. Jesus made no distinction and neither must we. In fact it is a powerful witness to non believers when people are healed in their midst.  People get saved when the miraculous happens near them.

Despite my perceptions, I am certain that there are not more people who are sick than before but our awareness of them and our desire to pray for them with faith expecting people to be healed is I am sure increasing. The church is getting hold of the need to really pray for the sick and the testimonies are increasing. For instance, today someone one told me of a young man suffering from cancer who is doing so much better than he should and doctors are amazed. A lady I know is having a small operation today and I said I would pray for her. She was surprised but very pleased.

John Wimber said. ‘I do not know why some people are healed and others not. All I know is that if I pray for the sick, some will be healed. If I don’t pray for the sick, nobody is healed.’ Let’s keep on praying for those who are sick whether we know them or not. We may be asked to pray for a stranger but our prayers are just as important as family and friends.

I believe God wants to increase the level of faith for healing in the church and he is training us through many different circumstances to persevere in prayer until more and more people are healed. Let us not give up but instead pray till we see the kingdom coming in increasing measure in our midst.