Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. – Jeremiah 17:14
Most of us have prayed for healing at some time in our life. Some of us have prayed more often than we can count and still we are not healed.
Does he hear us? Does He care?
Yes, I believe God cares and He does hear us. I also believe that He desires good health for all His children, but if healing does not appear to come, we must understand that God has a much bigger perception of our lives.
Although God does heal, we must never presume that it’s His duty to heal. It’s not mandatory for Him to heal us, and although there were many miracle healings throughout the Bible, there were many times when God did not heal pain and suffering straight away – but He did work with it for good.
Romans 5:3-5 says: “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Here God responded to Paul’s prayers for healing not by making him well but rather by working through his suffering to draw him closer to God.
I often desire God’s healing and I honestly believe He can heal me but I also know I need to continue to wait on Him and to trust Him with my life.
2 Corinthians 12: 9 tells us that His grace is sufficient for us, because His power is made perfect in our weakness.
May God give you peace in the knowledge that He will work with your suffering and pain for good.
Father, I pray that you will comfort me in my suffering and fill me with confidence that in the power of your grace, that even when I am afraid, I may put my whole trust in you; through our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen
© Chrissy Siggee 2019
Scripture Verses used are from the New International Version of the Bible
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Thank you for your strong testimony of faith, Chrissy–even when the prayed-for healing does not come. And also for reminding us: “May God give you peace in the knowledge that He will work with your suffering and pain for good.” Such knowledge removes some of the sting!
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Thanks for reading and commenting Nancy. 🙂
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Ye and thank you for your the reminder—in God’s time.
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Thank you for reading and commenting. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Logos Speaks.
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Amen, SweetFriend.
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Thanks.
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This post came at just the right time. My mother-in-law found out recently she has breast cancer and last week was her 2nd chemo treatment. I’ve been praying for healing, but I know that it’s all God’s timing and His plan. Either way I know she will be healed, even if it’s not the way we want. Thank you for this!!
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I’ll say a prayer for her too.
Thank you for your comment
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Beautiful Post my friend, (I didn’t see a prompt to “like your POST;” but I SURELY did!
You GET it!
God’s always in charge and sometimes His life-plans for us differ what what we want.
Suffering is a God’s Life-TEST: Do you love Me enough to trust Me? Everything; big and small happens for a reason (even if we can’t figure out what that reason is); and once we grasp this reality live becomes “livable” even with the curves and mountains.
May God continue to bless your ministry,
Patrick
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Thank you.
Sometimes the “like” button takes a moment to appear. Not sure why. It’s even happened on you your posts. Must be a wordpress hiccup.
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Yes, we need to be aware of His omnipotence in every situation. He can but when He doesn’t He is working for an even greater eternal purpose in us! Thank you for the post!
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Thank you Valerie.
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This was a really great post Chrissy! I can vouch that at times, God has healed me, miraculously but other times He did not. It’s all about, like you said, Him working everything for our good. Everything happens for a reason, and He really knows what He’s doing in our lives. It’s so hard to remember that when we are in the heat of the battle!
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Yes, we do ❤
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Thank you. Healing is a touchy subject at times. Funny how your comment came just at the right time as a reminder to me.
God works in mysterious ways.
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And His Ways are past finding out! I’m so glad God sent you just what you needed, at just the right time.🙂🤗
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We give Him the glory.
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Wonderful post. Thank you!
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