For the true follower of Jesus Christ, pain is
sooner or later headed for healing. Pain is destined to be destroyed. Because
Father is good, we can EXPECT him to ultimately act to comfort us and
heal us His goodness becomes our experience, our reality. That's one important
aspect of standing in faith. It is not about striving to see how much faith we
can muster up, but allowing the mustard SEED of Kingdom to grow into the
mustard TREE, as the master gardener tenderly tends faith in us as a
special plant in His garden, which moves mountains.
After all, He conferred on us special rights and
privileges as a member of His royal family that we should not give up easily
through acts of false humility, i.e., "I will simply suffer for Jesus
because it brings Him glory!" Why then would Jesus go about healing all
those who were oppressed by the devil Why not let them suffer more to bring
greater glory to Himself? The truth is that HEALING the pain and
suffering clearly brings the greatest glory to Father God.
The enemy attempts to bring glory to himself by
stealing, killing, and destroying. Jesus is glorified most by making our lives ABUNDANT.
Any time that we don't see this abundance manifested, where pain and suffering
are present, we should agree that Father is always good, that Father allows
temporary situations where pain and suffering are a present reality (because He
allows free will to operate and the evil of pain to exist in this world), but
He IS healing, deliverance and comfort personified for us.
There is NO lack where Jesus abides through the powerful presence
of Holy Spirit! In His presence, all is brought into alignment with the nature
of His goodness. Jesus was the example of this when he healed Malchus' ear (a
co-conspirator of the enemies of Jesus and an unbeliever) and forgave those who
tortured Him and then murdered Him on the cross. He wanted them whole and
mercifully forgiven even though they were causing Him agonizing pain and
suffering. Will He not do even more for those who follow Him and love Him?
Enduring doesn't mean accepting! We persist expecting the breakthrough. We
persevere until the turn-a-round. We fight in faith, receiving His
ever-present, personal comfort. This is what BELIEVING faith is all
about! Believe in the healer. Believe in a deliverer. Believe in the powerful SAVIOR
- Jesus Christ.
Exodus 15:26 And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of
the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you
which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
Hebrews
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For the true follower of Jesus Christ, pain is sooner or later headed for healing (Malachi 4:2). Pain is destined to be destroyed. Because Father is good (Psalm 34:8), we can EXPECT him to ultimately act to comfort us (II Corithians 1:3) and heal us (Psalms 30:2). His goodness (Jeremiah 31:14b) becomes our experience, our reality. That's one important aspect of standing in faith (I Corinthians 16:13,14). It is not about striving to see how much faith we can muster up, but allowing the mustard SEED of Kingdom to grow into the mustard TREE, as the master gardener tenderly tends faith in us as a special plant in His garden, which moves mountains (Matthew 13:31,32; Matthew 17:20).
Hebrews 11
After all, He conferred on us special rights and
privileges as a member of His royal family (I Peter 2:9,10) that we should not
give up easily through acts of false humility, i.e., "I will simply suffer
for Jesus because it brings Him glory!" Why then would Jesus go about
healing all those who were oppressed by the devil (Acts 10:38)? Why not let
them suffer more to bring greater glory to Himself? The truth is that HEALING the
pain and suffering clearly brings the greatest glory to Father God (James
5:13-16).
The enemy attempts to bring glory to himself by
stealing, killing, and destroying. Jesus is glorified most by making our lives ABUNDANT
(John 10:10). Any time that we don't see this abundance manifested, where
pain and suffering are present, we should agree that Father is always good
(145:9), that Father allows temporary situations (I Peter 4:12-14,19; 5:6-11) where
pain and suffering (I Peter 2:19,20) are a present reality (because He allows
free will to operate and the evil of pain to exist in this world), but He IS healing
(Psalm 103:1-3), deliverance (Psalm 18:2), and comfort personified for us (II
Corinthians 1:5).
There is NO lack where Jesus abides through the powerful presence
of Holy Spirit! In His presence (Acts 2:28; Jude 1:24), all is brought into
alignment with the nature of His goodness (Nahum 1:7). Jesus was the example of
this when he healed Malchus' ear (a co-conspirator of the enemies of Jesus and
an unbeliever John 18:10,11; Luke 22:49-51) and forgave those who tortured Him
and then murdered Him on the cross. He wanted them whole and mercifully
forgiven even though they were causing Him agonizing pain and suffering (Luke
23:34). Will He not do even more for those who follow Him and love Him (Psalm
84:11)? Enduring (Hebrews 12:1-3) doesn't mean accepting! We persist expecting
the breakthrough. We persevere (Romans 8:25) until the turn-a-round. We fight
in faith, receiving His ever-present, personal comfort (Psalm 46:1; II
Thessalonians 2:16,17). This is what BELIEVING faith is all about! Believe
in the healer (Jeremiah 17:14). Believe in a deliverer (2 Samuel 22:2; Psalm
40:17; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 144:2). Believe in the powerful SAVIOR (Psalms 17:7,8) - Jesus Christ.
Exodus 15:26 And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of
the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you
which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
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