Healing is from God... Not sickness

  Jehovah Rapha: The Lord that Heals (Exodus 15:26). I would suggest that since we don't understand why we get sick, we seem to feel the need to explain it. I believe with every fiber of my being that, without question, unequivocally - God NEVER puts sickness on us and never would. However, I do believe that He can use the sickness to provide us with new learnings and understandings... if we are open to the lessons He provides.

  I think the Christian world is totally confused when it comes to healing and sickness. Since we all do get sick then our method of justifying, especially critical illnesses, is to say that God gave it to us in order to teach us something. Hogwash! That is an absurd, ridiculous assumption. If the Lord is going to teach us something, I do think He has other ways of accomplishing this. Think about it! Just how open are you to learning when you are moaning? When you are in pain are you at your peak state of effectively understanding whatever is being taught?

  You really are wiser than to assume God would use an ineffective method to teach... A different question: IF you believe that God put the sickness on you then why would you turn to Him for healing? Wouldn't that be asking Him to go contrary to His will for you? Minimally it would be counter-intuitive and definitely counter-productive. If He is putting the sickness on you to 'teach you' something... what have you learned? And why would you want to be healed?

  Actually when we are hurting we don't tend to focus much on lessons, we focus on getting healed. Isn't healing the point? If so, the methodology to being healed isn't our issue - we just want to feel better. Yes? So when you are not feeling well do you go to the healer? He is our healer but what we need to remember is that He doesn't always use the same method, His timing may not be our timing, and we have to have faith that He will act on what He said at the best time for us. Rarely can we expect to be 'zapped' into health. But if we take the time to listen, He will provide the answer for our healing and continued health. And I believe that health is always the point, not just healing.  

   We are barely scratching the surface about health, healing, and our God who heals. The question is: who is Jehovah Rapha in your life? Is He your healer? However, I believe healing is more than physical, His declaration is that He is Jehovah who heals us both in body and soul. So why do some people never seem to be healed? I have no answer. It's easy to speculate as to the reason and there can be sundry reasons. But I do believe that some people don't think that they are worthy enough to receive healing. It is impossible to earn His healing. Healing is one of His names.