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Presented by Lauren Stibgen
What in your life needs healing? When we think of healing, we quickly think of our physical bodies—healing from sickness, recovery from surgery, or something worse like a diagnosis. But healing can be so much more. God is our great healer, and foundationally, the first thing he wants to heal us from forever is sin.
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners” (Mark 2:17).
Maybe you don’t feel sick with sin, or on the other end of the spectrum, maybe you don’t feel like your sin rises to the need of a healer. Our ultimate healer is God, Jehovah Rapha. The truth of the matter is we are all sick with sin, not one greater than the other.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
It isn’t that some of you sin; it is all. And, going back to omnipresence, God is in all places at all times at once. More than this, God is omniscient. Simply, God knows everything! There is no hiding this sin.
Thankfully, God sent his only son, Jesus to die on the cross for our sins—the ultimate sacrifice of love for us!
But what about the other healing—the physical or mental well-being healing we often turn to God for? Jehovah Rapha promises this too.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds (Psalm 147:3).
Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security (Jeremiah 33:6).
Not only does God want health and healing for us but he also wants for our abundance, prosperity, and security. Amid a trial, especially when you need physical or mental healing, it can be hard to imagine abundance, prosperity, and security.
Ultimately, we won’t fully experience this until heaven. We know God will wipe away every tear from our eyes in heaven.
We are citizens of heaven here on earth and until we find ourselves in heaven, we need to lean into knowing more about God and all of his names. After all, he is Emmanuel, God with us, a provider, the best at seeing us at our best and worst, the very best listener, and the ultimate healer!
