Why am I not healed
Cindy, (concerning why G-d has not healed you,) this is not a question that can be answered by me or any other man, woman, or child, save Jesus Christ, or The Holy Spirit. But this is how I personally feel about the subject.
It is G-d's nature to make whole that which is not. To return us back, or redeem us back, to or original design. Diabetes is not our original design. Nor is MS, or Alzheimer's, or any other disease, part of our design. So that begs the question, "Why are we not healed?"
Looking in scripture we are shown several reasons for this. In the old and new testament, there are examples of healing for the purpose of glorifying G-d. See Job and the man in the first part of John 9.
Healing can come by the faith of others, like the lame man who was lowered down after friends tore off a roof. Another example is the centurion who said Jesus did not even need to come to his home. There were times in passing, like the woman who had an issue of blood for years and years, or the beggar at the city gates whom Peter and John healed. And there is personal faith, such as when Jesus said, "Your faith has made you whole."
There are times when Jesus would say things like, "Your sins are forgiven you." One time Jesus said that He said this for that instance to show that the Son of Man has the power to forgive. But the other times he spoke about their sins being forgiven. Perhaps, this is when people have made a certain iniquity their friend (iniquity defined as: that bent we have toward a certain sin). We all do it. I have mine to which I have clung in the past, and some, I am sure, to which I am still clinging.
Many times, these iniquities have a tendency to plug our ears. We do not hear things from G-d because our focus is not on G-d. Our focus is on protecting that iniquity. We feel safer there. Of course, this is a lie. We even know it's a lie (our spirits). But our hearts are deceptive.
Many times people point to Paul and the thorn in his side. They say that suffering is to chastise us or to keep us humble. This may be. It may be, though, that our insistence on keeping certain attitudes in our life are the very things that have caused the disease, and that if the disease were to be healed, unless the heart issue was resolved, it would return the next day. A good example is anger, which produces many chemicals in our body which, under prolonged exposure, will harm our bodies. This does not even address the spiritual realm.
Is there a chance Our physical actions are seen in the spiritual realm and the laws in the spiritual universe take affect, causing either benefit or harm in our physical existence? Don't let this statement twist your thinking too much. All I am saying is that what we do physically, may also happen spiritually, causing spiritual rules to happen on their own, much like gravity takes over when we drop something. But then these spiritual laws tend to affect out physical lives.
We were made to be ruled by our spirit, so I do not think this is too far-fetched. (see 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
I have physical ailments myself. I think many of them are due to the last reason. My actions and attitudes and, yes, unforgiveness.
It is G-d's nature to make whole that which is not. To return us back, or redeem us back, to or original design. Diabetes is not our original design. Nor is MS, or Alzheimer's, or any other disease, part of our design. So that begs the question, "Why are we not healed?"
Looking in scripture we are shown several reasons for this. In the old and new testament, there are examples of healing for the purpose of glorifying G-d. See Job and the man in the first part of John 9.
Healing can come by the faith of others, like the lame man who was lowered down after friends tore off a roof. Another example is the centurion who said Jesus did not even need to come to his home. There were times in passing, like the woman who had an issue of blood for years and years, or the beggar at the city gates whom Peter and John healed. And there is personal faith, such as when Jesus said, "Your faith has made you whole."
There are times when Jesus would say things like, "Your sins are forgiven you." One time Jesus said that He said this for that instance to show that the Son of Man has the power to forgive. But the other times he spoke about their sins being forgiven. Perhaps, this is when people have made a certain iniquity their friend (iniquity defined as: that bent we have toward a certain sin). We all do it. I have mine to which I have clung in the past, and some, I am sure, to which I am still clinging.
Many times, these iniquities have a tendency to plug our ears. We do not hear things from G-d because our focus is not on G-d. Our focus is on protecting that iniquity. We feel safer there. Of course, this is a lie. We even know it's a lie (our spirits). But our hearts are deceptive.
Many times people point to Paul and the thorn in his side. They say that suffering is to chastise us or to keep us humble. This may be. It may be, though, that our insistence on keeping certain attitudes in our life are the very things that have caused the disease, and that if the disease were to be healed, unless the heart issue was resolved, it would return the next day. A good example is anger, which produces many chemicals in our body which, under prolonged exposure, will harm our bodies. This does not even address the spiritual realm.
Is there a chance Our physical actions are seen in the spiritual realm and the laws in the spiritual universe take affect, causing either benefit or harm in our physical existence? Don't let this statement twist your thinking too much. All I am saying is that what we do physically, may also happen spiritually, causing spiritual rules to happen on their own, much like gravity takes over when we drop something. But then these spiritual laws tend to affect out physical lives.
We were made to be ruled by our spirit, so I do not think this is too far-fetched. (see 1 Corinthians 11:17-34)
I have physical ailments myself. I think many of them are due to the last reason. My actions and attitudes and, yes, unforgiveness.
Labels: Flesh, G-d, Glory, God, Healing, heart, Holy Spirit, Physics, Soul, Supernatural, Superspiritual
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