Does God Still Heal?

Healing is like an octagon it has many sides to it. Our reference comes from our experience in life. A gal makes a statement ‘God took my daughter’ that got me to thinking about the subject. And recent experiences.
-A young 4 year old fighting cancer.
-My niece in her early 40’s who fought cancer for over 7 years and it finally took her life.
-A minister’s wife with Alzheimer’s for over 10 years who lost her life at 61.
-A man whose heart has been so bad now awaits a heart transplant.
-A woman because of disease in her body had to have a kidney transplant.

On and on you could make a list also of those in need of the healing touch of God.
Names synonymous with healing in my time are Katherine Kuhlman and Oral Roberts, Charles and Francis Hunter, and you could name others. I have personally been in Kuhlman and Hunter services and witnessed the healings. Today healing is sporadic in America compared to other nations. They simply believe the Word and God answers. We have to persevere and battle the gates of hell for an answer.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. I always knew that I would not go the conventional way. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. I had faith to believe His Word and simply stood on it. At the time I was in a church that preached healing and was surrounded with powerful prayer support. On my part I changed my diet, at the time I was selling Herb’s and knew the importance of support to the body and I PRAYED!! To God by the Glory I was healed. Why me? I do not know except God spoke to trust Him and He would heal.

I came from a fundamental church background and never saw healing in the Word and when I came into the understanding of it I took a hold and walked in it when my children were young. We, as a family simply, prayed and God healed.

In the covenant is the promise to forgive and heal. He initiated covenant and it is God’s gift to man.
Yahweh(Jehovah) –Rapha – The Lord who heals
Yahweh(Jehovah) -Ropheka – For I am the Lord who heals you.

Eph. 2:13 …Once strangers(Gentiles) from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

The church does not talk about the blood of Christ much anymore. It was His shed blood that avails his forgiveness and healing to us.

God does all things well. He is light and there is no darkness in Him. There are many reasons if you study His Word why people are not healed.
-Sin
-Unbelief
-Disobedience
-Or simply because God is allowing us to walk that path. That is where trust comes in. He says He will not give us more than we can bear. We believe and persevere until……

I have watched loved ones families walk the path believing for healing and some have found a ‘pathway to healing’ while others lost their battle in this life only to win it on the other side in heaven. The grace to face this challenge is a powerful witness to the keeping power of God and not walking in anger and unforgiveness toward God.

He says, He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses…and, if we ask anything according to His will. He hears us. He tells us to go preach and signs will follow and we will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.

And what happens when they do not receive healing? We need to stand still believing, trusting the God we serve …knowing He causes all things to work together for good to them who love God. We pray and believe until……….remembering it is 'the enemy who comes to steal, kill and destroy' NOT God…he allows.

This is a big subject and one that takes writing a book to do it justice. But these are some thoughts to provoke us to think. A question to myself, 'Do I believe and walk in healing'?