Faith in Action

"28 'If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.' 29 Immediately, the fountain of her blood was dried up and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction."
                                                                                                                   Mark 5:28-29.  NKJV

Notice what happened here. This poor lady had been seriously ill for twelve years and had spent all she had on doctors who took her money but couldn't make her well. She was desperate but she had something deep within her - Faith. She had heard of Jesus and believing this was her last opportunity, she determined to get to Him and even if she couldn't speak with Him, at least touch His garment, because 'If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.' Note she didn't say, 'I might be made well.' No she said, 'I shall be made well.' There was positivity there; she was certain; in other words, she had faith!

Many people miss out on their healing because they use the wrong words or have a negative attitude towards healing. We can be so tempted to say things like, 'I have a crashing headache,' instead of taking the authority we have and telling that headache to cease in the name of Jesus. If we are Christians then we have faith within us. However, if we don't use it, we're lost. It's rather like going to Uni, gaining a great qualification and then, never using it. What is the point of that? What is the point of gaining a first class degree and instead of using the qualification to get a decent job, just carrying out basic jobs with no certainty attached to them?

When Jesus realised that someone had touched Him, He turned round and spoke to the woman. When she explained, He replied, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your affliction.'
'Yes, but that was back in bible times. Jesus doesn't heal people like that today, does he?' Not if you have that attitude, no. 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it, will eat its fruit.' Proverbs 18:21. In other words, we get what we confess. If we confess that it's doubtful that we'll be healed, you'll get this. If, however, we confess the way that this lady confessed, we will be made well.

When God created the world, He blessed Adam and told him, 'be fruitful and multiply' Genesis 1:28-29. After the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, when the flood was over, we see, 'So God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 'be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.' Genesis 9:1. The devil thought he had won the battle in the garden but God was not affected by this.

We have the Blessing and this includes, salvation, healing, prosperity, joy, peace, eternity and lots more. God has given us His Blessing. He has told us to go and make disciples, lay hands on the sick and they will get well, speak in new tongues, etc Mark 16:15-18. His word to us in 1 Peter 2:24 says, 'who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we having died to sins might live for righteousness - by whose stripes you WERE healed.' You're healed already you just need to receive it, rather like the woman who touched Jesus was. 
Now, you may not see or feel the manifestation of it at first but by faith, keep confessing your healing - it will come.

Headache cures are ok but it's far better to receive healing. A word of caution here though. If you have a serious complaint, don't stop taking medication until a doctor tells you that you don't need the drugs. This is not lack of faith but sensible and commonsense. Let the doctor's check you over first. This is what I did when I was healed (Scroll back through the blogs to my testimony). The doc told me that I didn't need to have any more treatment - I was healed.

You have the Blessing within you. You have favour. The Greater One lives in you 1 John 4:4, so start living a faith-filled life from today.

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard

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