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. Even though we live in the modern world many centuries after Christ lived, we need healing on a lot of levels in our lives. 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, our weaknesses, our anger, our inadequacies, and our failure to forgive. However, often times, we try to hide those things that we need to be healed from. Often times, we are afraid to admit the ways we need to be healed. 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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