Healing the sick is a major sign that Jesus performed in proclaiming the
Kingdom of God to the people of Ancient Israel. Those who had sick friends and family members brought them to Jesus with the
hope that he would heal them. Even the
evil spirits recognized who Jesus was. We need healing on a lot of levels in our lives, don’t we. Often times we are afflicted with a particular physical disease or
illness. As a missionary, I have had malaria,
Dengue fever, amoebic dysentery, and pneumonia, so I have had my fair share of
different diseases. But we also need healing from other things as well: from the faults,
weaknesses, angers, inadequacies, and failure to forgive that we try to hide
and that we are afraid to face. We need healing from those demons that follow us and seize our lives. We need to bring these things to Jesus for healing, because healing will not
come in any other form in our lives. Even Jesus needed to go off to a deserted place, to a place of introspection,
of silence and solitude. We need to find those moments that heal us and re-energize us in our
lives. We need to find a way to come to
Jesus for healing.
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