'He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."' (v34)
I believe God can heal. I've seen God heal. I've hear the testimony of many others who have been healed. I passionately believe that God still heals people. But I don't understand why it is that some are healed and others are not. I struggle with it - really struggle.
Is faith the key? Jesus' words seem to suggest that it is a key. But, for me at least, it is not the key. Healing takes place when people step out of their comfort zone and admit their need of God's intervention in their life. The gospels are full of stories like this. But still people come to God with faithful expectation pleading with God for healing and restoration and....nothing happens. All they and we are left with are the empty questions beginning with that forlorn word, 'Why..?'
Faith is a key, but it not the key. It is not the key that unlocks the box and effectively allows us to control God. 'I have faith, therefore God will heal me.' Jesus taught us to pray your kingdom come, your will be done. In the end God alone is sovereign. God's ways are so much higher than ours. He is not a genie in a bottle that we rub when we need him. He is the God of the universe.
My relationship with Jesus has provided me with many answers to liefs big questions. But it is also a relationship that leads me to ask bigger and bigger questions. Nothing is the same again when seen through the eyes of discipleship.
Lord, answer my questions and questions my answers. Help me to love you with not only my heart, but also my mind.
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