Is It God’s Will to Heal You?

Have you ever wondered why some people are healed and some are not?

You probably have asked that question at one time or another. But could one answer be that some who seek so hard for their healing really don’t know, or are not convinced, of the amazing, overpowering love of God that is the basis for His desire to heal?

I want to show you in Scripture that God wants you to come before Him with confidence.

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him (1 John 5:14,15).

If you’re a parent, just think of how you want your own children to approach you if they need something. You don’t want your child coming before you with his head hanging down, begging you. You don’t want your child saying to you, “I know I’m not worthy, and I don’t know whether or not you really love me or whether you actually want to bless me or help me. But here I go, Dad (or Mom) — I’m going to give it a try and ask you for what I want.”

No, you want your child to feel free to come to you and say, “You know, Dad, I’d really like to have a bicycle!”

What child have you ever seen who doesn’t know what to write down on his or her Christmas wish list? What child says, “Well, I really don’t know what I want this Christmas”? No, most children absolutely know what they want! And most also know without question that their parents want to be a blessing to them.

Well, how much more does the Heavenly Father want to be a blessing to you and me? Of course, He does. His Son Jesus gave up everything to come to the earth to save and deliver us and give us peace of mind. The Father absolutely wants to give us good things (see Romans 8:32).

“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” (Luke 11:13)

“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32).

So we can see in the Scriptures that knowing God’s will is very important. And we know He hasn’t changed. We know that what- ever His will was in the past, it is still His will today because the Bible says He is the same yesterday, today, and forever and that He doesn’t change (see Hebrews 13:8). You and I may change, but God never changes.

The Bible also says that Jesus is the express image of the Father.

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person… (Hebrews 1:1-3).

When we look at Jesus, we see the Father. In fact, we often say, especially at Christmastime, that Jesus is the incarnation of God. He is God who “…became flesh and dwelt among us…” (see John 1:14). So what do we see Jesus doing throughout His earthly ministry as He dwelled “among us”? For one thing, we see Him healing people.

The Holy Spirit wants to give you confidence through the Scriptures that you can come boldly before the Lord and believe Him for your healing. Jesus healed people then, and He heals people today. Jesus lived on this earth as the express image and will of the Father — so you can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is the Father’s will to heal you.

In Luke 4:18, we see a description of what Jesus wanted to do when He came. Jesus was reading in the synagogue from what we know as the book of Isaiah — and He was prophesying about Himself as He read out loud and declared this.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18).

If you’re brokenhearted today, it is God’s will to heal your heart.

If you’re bound by some kind of addiction or bondage, it’s His will to deliver you from whatever holds you captive.

If you are emotionally bruised — if you have been put down or have suffered under the hand of another — it is God’s will to set you free.

If you have problems with your eyes, it is His will to heal your eyes.

It is God’s will to heal any part of you!

So we see that this is not only the will of the Father, but this is also Jesus’ will, because Jesus is the express image of the Father.

His Compassions Are New Every Morning

Lamentations 3:22,23 tells us another of the Father’s qualities that you need to know: He has compassion on you every morning.

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning…

Every morning when you get up, your Heavenly Father is ready with new compassions to pour out on you. That is His will every morning — and it will always be His will because He is God, and He changes not (see Malachi 3:6). That is the heart of the Father toward you as His child.

The same is true for Jesus. In the New Testament, it says more than 20 times that Jesus had compassion. One example is found in Luke 7. I love this passage of Scripture because it shows us so beautifully the compassion of our Savior.

And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her.… (Luke 7:12,13)

There was a lot going on at this moment. Jesus was walking the streets of Capernaum when He encountered a funeral procession as He came near the city gate. There was the body of a dead young man being carried to his place of burial, and a crowd of people were following behind. But Jesus didn’t focus on all of that; He saw the woman who was the young man’s mother, and Jesus felt compassion for her.

Then He said to her, “‘…Do not weep’” (v. 13). What a word to come from Jesus!

Oh, the compassion of our God! This is Jesus — He is the express image of the will of the Father, and He has the same compassion as the Father. And His compassion has not changed!

Is your heart broken today? Jesus absolutely has compassion for you right now. And that compassion is active, not passive.

Jesus didn’t just look at this mother’s situation and think, Oh, this is so sad because this woman is a widow, and this young man was her only son, her only means of income. She might become a beggar. She’s going to become dependent on society. Her life is going to greatly change. I’m so sorry for this woman.

No, that’s not what Jesus said. He simply looked at her and said, “Do not weep” — because He knew the miracle that was coming next!

Then He [Jesus] came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother (Luke 7:14,15).

Oh, that we could be so bold and led by the Spirit as Jesus! Friend, I believe the Holy Spirit is working in us to get us to this point!

What a powerful demonstration of the active compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ! And that was not only Jesus’ will at that moment; it was also the will of the Father — and it is still the Father’s will for us today. Resurrection life includes healing of broken hearts and deliverance from sickness afflicting our bodies with fear and tormenting pain. These are all part of the Father’s compassions that Jesus purchased for us on the Cross and that are continually available in our lives. Our part is to receive and activate them in our lives by faith.