As New-Testament believers, we face daily challenges living in an Old-Testament world. One example of this is our health. Under the law, the people had to plead with God to get Him to heal them of sickness and disease. Thankfully, that has all changed.
Under grace, healing isn’t something we have to beg God for. It’s not something we earn through good behavior or religious rituals. Healing is already ours; it’s paid for in full by the finished works of Jesus Christ. The problem isn’t whether God wants to heal us, but whether we’ll take possession of what grace has already made available.
To clarify, faith is our positive response to what grace has already done. We don’t have to convince God to heal us. We simply need to believe that He already has; our own efforts are unnecessary. “Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law...” (Galatians 2:16, NLT).
Healing doesn’t come through performance, but through faith in Jesus. Religion tells us that we’ve got to jump through hoops to be healed. By comparison, the Word confirms that we’re made righteous and whole by faith. Period.
When a man full of leprosy came to Jesus and asked if it was His will to make him clean, Jesus didn’t hesitate. He said, “I will: be thou clean…” (Luke 5:13), and the man was healed instantly. Jesus didn’t say, “Let me check your church attendance,” or ask, “Have you fasted this week?” This is His will for us today; healing isn’t a maybe, but a definite yes and amen.
The key here is to mix the Word with faith. Paul explained to the Hebrews that the gospel didn’t profit some people because they didn’t mix it with faith. The works were finished from the foundation of the world, but they didn’t enter into rest because of unbelief (Hebrews 4:1–3, 11).
Rest is the proof of our faith. If we’re still worrying, still stressing, still trying to “make it happen,” we haven’t entered into rest. “Laboring to enter that rest” means to fight to stay in peace when the doctor’s report says otherwise. We must fight to stay in faith when our body is in pain.
Healing comes from God. It flows when we know how much He loves us. “We love him, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). God’s will for us is life, not death. We won’t die—not because we’re strong, but because He loves us; this love sustains us, heals us, and casts out fear.
Holy communion is another element we mustn’t overlook. Communion isn’t a religious ritual, but revelation. When we take communion, we’re reminding ourselves of what Jesus did. His body was broken so ours could be whole; His blood was shed so ours could be clean. “…Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you… this cup is the new testament in my blood…” (1 Corinthians 11:24, 25).
Doctors do their best, but God is our source for health and wholeness. We celebrate this every time we take communion. It’s our spiritual medicine and our supernatural advantage.
Healing isn’t just for Sunday mornings or special services, but for everyday life. It’s for the moment we wake up with pain, fear tries to creep in, or doubt whispers in our ear. We take authority by boldly speaking to our body, our mind, and our situation.
Healing is already here. It’s not a future promise, but a present reality. We simply need to take it.
