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Tract Number 156
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GOD'S WILLINGNESS TO HEAL
Manifested in Christ
Many a sufferer today is kept in bondage through a lack of faith in God’s will to heal. A common expression is this: “I do not doubt his power, but I am not sure about his will to heal me, and I always want to pray, ‘Thy will be done.’” Let us keep our eyes upon him as we see him going about in his ministry, remember that he is the voice of God to us. There is the instance of the leper who came to him, saying, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” He was not sure as to the will of Jesus, but how quickly that was settled! “I will,” said the Master, and immediately the man’s leprosy was gone. How encouraging this is to us! What he said to the leper he is saying to us. Such is his will. His whole work of redemption, every deed of his life, is the very will of God to us. He did it perfectly. He finished the work the Father gave him to do.
It is useless as well as dangerous to seek the will of God outside of what was thus spoken through Christ. He of himself could do nothing. It was the Father who wrought the deeds of mercy through him, all in accordance with his own plan. The blind men crying with loud voice, “Thou son of David, have mercy on us”; the centurion asking for the healing of his palsied servant; the nobleman pleading for his sick and fevered child; the woman pleading for her helpless demoniac daughter; the father for his son in similar affliction; the woman weak and faint from an issue of blood; the man at the pool of Bethesda; the man born blind; and all the sick beds and couches, who besought him that they might but touch the hem of his garment - all received the manifestations of the will of God toward them and us. Even the vilest of repentant sinners were mercifully dealt with.
His Will Unchanged
To one who was guilty of death because of her criminal life, he said, “Go, and sin no more.” Every cry of humanity from obedient hearts was quickly heard, and that hand of compassion and power was stretched forth in blessed deliverance, or the word only was spoken and the work was done. Had you and I been there, dear brother, our needs would have been met as were those of all others. Truly, they are just as fully met in that spoken word today, for time has not changed it. Therefore we must not doubt his will to heal us. How can we: If we let his word decide it, there can be no room for doubt. Let us not permit human reasoning nor any of the traditions of men to come between us and the definite expression of God’s own word. Believe him, dear sufferer, and receive the benefits of his boundless provisions for full salvation and health. To doubt his will in this matter is but to rob yourself of your inheritance in Jesus. Great grace is our portion, but it can be obtained only through faith.
His Will in Earth as in Heaven
It is right to pray, “Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.” God grant that this may be answered in every heart and life of his people. Surely, then, every disease must be healed, for there is no such a dreadful thing in heaven. Sin and sickness, pain and sorrow, can not exist there. God reigns supreme. So it must be in us here on earth, if we want this prayer to be answered. Therefore let us ever believe that it is God’s will to forgive all our iniquities and to heal all our diseases, and by faith enjoy all the blessings of “Thy will be done.”
By A. L. Byer
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