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Healing

Added 2022-09-28 11:01:01 +0000 UTC

Good morning!

Jehovah Rapha, God Our Healer, always heals. It’s who he is, and what he does. Problem is, he doesn’t always heal like we expect him to (or like we think he should). ~Brit Eaton

The devotion related to this was long but man did it hit home.

We see Jesus heal in the Bible and He didn’t turn anyone away…..He didn’t ask them to fix something first. He also didn’t heal in the same way every time.

The author goes on to say:

From a practical standpoint, all people who identify as “Christian” are healing from something.

If we were once sinners in need of a Savior, we’re now Saints learning what it means to walk out a truly healed existence that we may not fully agree with yet.

God Our Healer is for our healing, and we must go after it boldly in faith. But not at the expense of the abundant life journey Jesus went to the cross for us to have.

What if the loss of a loved one brings about full, sweet surrender?

What if continued relapse offers insight that leads to a transformed life?

What if a failed marriage can provide wisdom and grace to a new covenant?

When God doesn’t heal like we think he should, we must shift our response from “Why, God?” to “What now?”

What new prayer would you like me to pray, God?

What insight or wisdom do you want me to gain?

What’s working, what’s not working, and what more would you have me do?

The answers he gives may shock you.

Our willingness to embrace healing as a journey—in God’s perfect timing—positions us for the kinds of encounters that birth an unshakeable faith.

Are you willing to pray boldly, believing God’s answer will be better than you could have imagined?

Are you willing to step out and take action—with great risk, at great cost, and with no guarantees?

Are you willing to love, lead, and even lose people if it might help bring true healing to a world God so desperately loves? Friend, be willing. I beg you, be willing. There’s always more healing to be found.