Knowing the Healer
There is Someone who never thinks a bad thought about you, Someone who never desires to punish you with evil circumstances or destruction of any kind – His Name is Almighty God. No matter who you are or from where you have come, you will never find Him desiring anything except for you to be blessed and whole in every area of your life.
Your well-being in life is so important to Him that He gave His most precious possession – His only Son – to suffer every evil thing and to die in your place, so that you could be redeemed from all destruction. Your wholeness in life means everything to Him.
From the dawn of Creation until this present moment, the desire of Almighty God for His people is for every moment of their existence to pulsate with His Life, His Goodness, and His Blessing.
One major part of God’s Blessing for His people is Divine Health. From Deuteronomy 28.58-61, we understand that every sickness and every disease is under the curse.
Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being made a curse for us; for it is written that cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (Galatians 3.13).
Sickness does not glorify God. Sickness and disease are not God’s desire for His people. His desire is for us to live healed, whole, and in perfect health at all times. He has made the way for us to experience this Divine Health through the promises of His Word.
Throughout the Scriptures, we can see that God has many names, each one proclaiming a specific facet of His nature – Who He is and what He does. Genesis 22.13-14 reveals His Name, YHVH Yireh: “the Lord Who Provides.” From Genesis to Revelation He is known as, El Shaddai: “The Almighty.” This name speaks of the fullness and riches of God’s grace, reminding us that from God comes every good and perfect gift. El sets forth the might of God and the title Shaddai points to the inexhaustible stores of His bounty.
He is also YHVH Rohi: “The Lord our Shepherd”, YHVH Tsidkenu: “The Lord our Righteousness, YHVH Sabaoth: “Lord of Armies”, YHVH Shalom: “The Lord is Peace”, El Olam: “God of Eternity”…. and the list continues.
Every Name of God discloses not only Who He is (in an abstract perspective), but His Names also reveal Who He is to us (as a personal reality and experience).
The Lord is rich in lovingkindness, goodness, and blessing for you and me. In order for us to receive His goodness and blessing in any area of our life, we must come to know Him and know His nature in that area. For this study, we will turn our attention onto another Name of God – YHVH Raphah: “the Lord Who Heals”.
When the Lord brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt, He began to teach and demonstrate to them the Covenant which He made with their ancestors – Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob).
In Exodus 15.26, the Lord said: “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, obeying His commandments, then you will not suffer the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; For I AM The LORD WHO HEALS YOU.”
The Lord is our Healer! He is the God Who saves, Who heals, Who prospers, and Who delivers. He never brings sickness nor disease nor poverty nor trouble of any kind upon anyone – those things are the work of satan.
The Scriptures say: “The thief does not come but for to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10.10).
The Lord is glorified when we are living in Wholeness in every area of our life, because that is how He created us to be. It is for this reason that Jesus suffered on the Cross: He bore the penalty of our sin and fallen state so that we could be saved. He became poor so that we, through His poverty, could be rich, and He took upon Himself our sickness and our diseases so that by the stripes that wounded Him we could be healed (II Corinthians 8.9 / I Peter 2.24).
In Acts 10.38 it is recorded that – “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.” Through Jesus and His Anointing, the power of death has been destroyed. Sickness and disease are manifestations of the spirit of death, and according to Hosea 13.14, we have been redeemed from death. It is satan, not God, who instigates sickness, disease, and destruction of every kind. I John 3.8 reveals that “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil”.
Through Christ’s redemptive work which He accomplished on the Cross, we have received full access to the healing power of God. His power is far greater than any sickness, any disease, any pain that satan could try to put on anyone. As we tap into the Healing Anointing of Jesus Christ and remain in it, we can walk in Divine Health continually. That is His desire for us, and it has been provided for us to partake of Divine Health while we are here on earth.
Psalm 103.3 declares that the Lord “heals all [our] diseases and redeems [our] life from destruction….” This is one of His benefits, which we are urged not to forget. The Lord said: “I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds” (Jeremiah 30.17). The Lord wants you well. Your healing, your wholeness, is highly important to Him. The Lord gave His Son for our salvation in every area of life – not only to redeem us from hell, but to save us from everything that is contrary to the life and goodness that comes from God.
“Surely He [Jesus] has borne our sickness and carried our pains; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement needful to obtain peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53.45 AMP).
In order for us to walk in the Will of God, we must first know Him and know His Will. It has been said that faith begins where the Will of God is known. We cannot believe God for something until we know what His Will is regarding the matter. This is why Malachi 4.2 declares: “To you who fear My Name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His Wings.” To “fear His Name” not only means to reverently and worshipfully honour the Lord, it also means to know Him and to know His Will very intimately through continual abiding and communion in His Word. God’s Word is His Will, and as we seek Him through His Word, we will know and understand His Will.
Healing is always God’s Will. We do not ever have to question if it is God’s Will for us, or for anyone else, to be healed. It is always His Will for us to be healed and in perfect health all the days of our life. It has been settled in His Word. All that is required is for us to receive the healing He has already provided for us.
When Jesus was fulfilling His assignment on earth, He went about the regions of Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, and the Jordan, “teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people” (Matthew 4.23).
Throughout the Gospels it is recorded that wherever Jesus went, He “healed all who were sick” (Matthew 8.17). Anyone who desired to be made whole received their healing from Him. He left no one out! The anointing of healing was available to all who were willing to receive.
Jesus continued healing all who were sick, right up to the time of His departure – but the power to heal did not end there.
Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in ME, the work that I do will he do also; and GREATER WORKS than these he will do, because I go to MY FATHER. And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My Name (according to My Will), I will do it” (John 14.12-14).
We who BELIEVE IN HIS NAME have been granted the same power and anointing to heal and deliver all who are oppressed of the devil, and to do even Greater Works than Jesus did. We are now the representatives of Christ’s anointing in the earth and we have been endowed with His power to Heal.
“Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and HEALING EVERY SICKNESS and EVERY DISEASE among the people” (Matthew 9.35).
This was the work Jesus did. According to His own words, this is the work that we will do also as we BELIEVE IN HIM.
Knowing the Healer brings us, first of all, into the reality of walking continually in Divine Health in our own bodies. The more you and I press into God’s promises concerning healing and get to know Him as our Healer, the greater the degree of His Divine Health and Healing we will experience.
As the truth of His promises take root in our heart and become a living and working reality within us, we will then be able to release His Healing anointing into the lives of people around us.
There should not be anyone sick in our midst. Psalm 105.37 says the Lord brought the Children of Israel out from Egypt with silver and gold, AND THERE WERE NOT ANY WHO WERE SICK (or FEEBLE) AMONG THEIR TRIBES. They went out with wealth and perfect health. It should be the same with us!
Since we carry within us the same healing anointing that was upon Jesus, just as “He healed them all”, so we should also Heal them all in His Name. To those who fear the Name of the Lord, the Sun of Righteousness has risen with Healing in His Wings.
As we believe Him, we will know and experience the fullness of God’s Healing Power in our own life and be able to bring it to the lives of others.
It all begins and continues through Knowing the HEALER.
Copyright © First Love Ministries International aka FERVOUR
All Rights Reserved
There is Someone who never thinks a bad thought about you, Someone who never desires to punish you with evil circumstances or destruction of any kind – His Name is Almighty God. No matter who you are or from where you have come, you will never find Him desiring anything except for you to be blessed and whole in every area of your life.
Your well-being in life is so important to Him that He gave His most precious possession – His only Son – to suffer every evil thing and to die in your place, so that you could be redeemed from all destruction. Your wholeness in life means everything to Him.
From the dawn of Creation until this present moment, the desire of Almighty God for His people is for every moment of their existence to pulsate with His Life, His Goodness, and His Blessing.
One major part of God’s Blessing for His people is Divine Health. From Deuteronomy 28.58-61, we understand that every sickness and every disease is under the curse.
Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being made a curse for us; for it is written that cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (Galatians 3.13).
Sickness does not glorify God. Sickness and disease are not God’s desire for His people. His desire is for us to live healed, whole, and in perfect health at all times. He has made the way for us to experience this Divine Health through the promises of His Word.
Throughout the Scriptures, we can see that God has many names, each one proclaiming a specific facet of His nature – Who He is and what He does. Genesis 22.13-14 reveals His Name, YHVH Yireh: “the Lord Who Provides.” From Genesis to Revelation He is known as, El Shaddai: “The Almighty.” This name speaks of the fullness and riches of God’s grace, reminding us that from God comes every good and perfect gift. El sets forth the might of God and the title Shaddai points to the inexhaustible stores of His bounty.
He is also YHVH Rohi: “The Lord our Shepherd”, YHVH Tsidkenu: “The Lord our Righteousness, YHVH Sabaoth: “Lord of Armies”, YHVH Shalom: “The Lord is Peace”, El Olam: “God of Eternity”…. and the list continues.
Every Name of God discloses not only Who He is (in an abstract perspective), but His Names also reveal Who He is to us (as a personal reality and experience).
The Lord is rich in lovingkindness, goodness, and blessing for you and me. In order for us to receive His goodness and blessing in any area of our life, we must come to know Him and know His nature in that area. For this study, we will turn our attention onto another Name of God – YHVH Raphah: “the Lord Who Heals”.
When the Lord brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt, He began to teach and demonstrate to them the Covenant which He made with their ancestors – Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob).
In Exodus 15.26, the Lord said: “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, obeying His commandments, then you will not suffer the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; For I AM The LORD WHO HEALS YOU.”
The Lord is our Healer! He is the God Who saves, Who heals, Who prospers, and Who delivers. He never brings sickness nor disease nor poverty nor trouble of any kind upon anyone – those things are the work of satan.
The Scriptures say: “The thief does not come but for to steal, to kill, and to destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10.10).
The Lord is glorified when we are living in Wholeness in every area of our life, because that is how He created us to be. It is for this reason that Jesus suffered on the Cross: He bore the penalty of our sin and fallen state so that we could be saved. He became poor so that we, through His poverty, could be rich, and He took upon Himself our sickness and our diseases so that by the stripes that wounded Him we could be healed (II Corinthians 8.9 / I Peter 2.24).
In Acts 10.38 it is recorded that – “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.” Through Jesus and His Anointing, the power of death has been destroyed. Sickness and disease are manifestations of the spirit of death, and according to Hosea 13.14, we have been redeemed from death. It is satan, not God, who instigates sickness, disease, and destruction of every kind. I John 3.8 reveals that “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil”.
Through Christ’s redemptive work which He accomplished on the Cross, we have received full access to the healing power of God. His power is far greater than any sickness, any disease, any pain that satan could try to put on anyone. As we tap into the Healing Anointing of Jesus Christ and remain in it, we can walk in Divine Health continually. That is His desire for us, and it has been provided for us to partake of Divine Health while we are here on earth.
Psalm 103.3 declares that the Lord “heals all [our] diseases and redeems [our] life from destruction….” This is one of His benefits, which we are urged not to forget. The Lord said: “I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds” (Jeremiah 30.17). The Lord wants you well. Your healing, your wholeness, is highly important to Him. The Lord gave His Son for our salvation in every area of life – not only to redeem us from hell, but to save us from everything that is contrary to the life and goodness that comes from God.
“Surely He [Jesus] has borne our sickness and carried our pains; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement needful to obtain peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53.45 AMP).
In order for us to walk in the Will of God, we must first know Him and know His Will. It has been said that faith begins where the Will of God is known. We cannot believe God for something until we know what His Will is regarding the matter. This is why Malachi 4.2 declares: “To you who fear My Name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His Wings.” To “fear His Name” not only means to reverently and worshipfully honour the Lord, it also means to know Him and to know His Will very intimately through continual abiding and communion in His Word. God’s Word is His Will, and as we seek Him through His Word, we will know and understand His Will.
Healing is always God’s Will. We do not ever have to question if it is God’s Will for us, or for anyone else, to be healed. It is always His Will for us to be healed and in perfect health all the days of our life. It has been settled in His Word. All that is required is for us to receive the healing He has already provided for us.
When Jesus was fulfilling His assignment on earth, He went about the regions of Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, and the Jordan, “teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people” (Matthew 4.23).
Throughout the Gospels it is recorded that wherever Jesus went, He “healed all who were sick” (Matthew 8.17). Anyone who desired to be made whole received their healing from Him. He left no one out! The anointing of healing was available to all who were willing to receive.
Jesus continued healing all who were sick, right up to the time of His departure – but the power to heal did not end there.
Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in ME, the work that I do will he do also; and GREATER WORKS than these he will do, because I go to MY FATHER. And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My Name (according to My Will), I will do it” (John 14.12-14).
We who BELIEVE IN HIS NAME have been granted the same power and anointing to heal and deliver all who are oppressed of the devil, and to do even Greater Works than Jesus did. We are now the representatives of Christ’s anointing in the earth and we have been endowed with His power to Heal.
“Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and HEALING EVERY SICKNESS and EVERY DISEASE among the people” (Matthew 9.35).
This was the work Jesus did. According to His own words, this is the work that we will do also as we BELIEVE IN HIM.
Knowing the Healer brings us, first of all, into the reality of walking continually in Divine Health in our own bodies. The more you and I press into God’s promises concerning healing and get to know Him as our Healer, the greater the degree of His Divine Health and Healing we will experience.
As the truth of His promises take root in our heart and become a living and working reality within us, we will then be able to release His Healing anointing into the lives of people around us.
There should not be anyone sick in our midst. Psalm 105.37 says the Lord brought the Children of Israel out from Egypt with silver and gold, AND THERE WERE NOT ANY WHO WERE SICK (or FEEBLE) AMONG THEIR TRIBES. They went out with wealth and perfect health. It should be the same with us!
Since we carry within us the same healing anointing that was upon Jesus, just as “He healed them all”, so we should also Heal them all in His Name. To those who fear the Name of the Lord, the Sun of Righteousness has risen with Healing in His Wings.
As we believe Him, we will know and experience the fullness of God’s Healing Power in our own life and be able to bring it to the lives of others.
It all begins and continues through Knowing the HEALER.
Copyright © First Love Ministries International aka FERVOUR
All Rights Reserved
