We must first ask the question- Can a believer get sick or have a disease? Absolutely, just look around, the clinics and hospitals are full of believers dealing with some form of sickness or disease. Many believers die from complications of their disease. Are we to be critical of them? No, Jesus never criticized anyone who was in need of healing but instead because of His Love, he healed all who were oppressed of the devil. We should not condemn ourselves when we get sick but rather we should ask FATHER to show us the issue concerning our infirmity. Most often, we are “void” of HIS Word in this area and I speak from personal experience. We need FATHER’S wisdom in dealing with our specific situation.
A parent desires the best for his or her child and wants complete and total recovery from any sickness or disease afflicting the child. FATHER is no different so HE gave us HIS Word to deal with our infirmities and HE also confirmed HIS Divine Intent when HE sent HIS Son to heal all who were afflicted. The source of sickness and disease is spiritual even though we tend to focus only on the physical. In Luke chapter 13, Jesus provides us revelation of this Truth:
10 Now He (Jesus) was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
12 But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”
13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
As my friend Dr. Speckhart would say, “The body is designed to live forever” and “It is designed to heal itself.” There was no sickness or disease prior to the fall of man and we read in Genesis that it took a long time for the body to respond to death due to the entrance of sin. Jesus’ work on the cross is a Spiritual work and includes redemption from sickness and disease. We must come to the realization that the source of sickness and disease is not at the physical level but address it at the spiritual level. We read in Job chapter 2:
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
What about medical treatment? FATHER has no issue with us getting our symptoms treated while we are building up our faith and getting revelation from HIM concerning the root of the problem. He spoke to me when I was dealing with an infirmity in response to my question- “Why didn’t YOU heal me when I prayed?” HE said, “Because I Love you and your faith was weak, I needed to sustain you until your faith could once again grow strong. That is why I told you to do exactly what the doctor instructed.” Ponder what HE said to me. HE has no issue with us relieving our symptoms and receiving treatment by medical professionals. Jesus did not criticize the woman who suffered for eighteen years.
In order for us to address sickness and disease, we must have revelation of its source and direct our faith accordingly. Satan is the source of sickness and disease and it begins in the spiritual realm. FATHER gave us an immune system to guard against disease. However, there is a “life” in a virus that directs destruction inside our body and we must speak against it just as Jesus spoke to the removal of the infirmity from the woman. Peter spoke by THE SPIRIT in Acts chapter 10:
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Jesus’ body was subject to sickness and disease yet He never got sick. He laid hands on people with various diseases, some contagious, but He never contracted their disease. His faith was greater than their disease and He knew how to deal with the root problem. The various spirits were subject to Him and they responded to His Word and action. Jesus was challenged by the synagogue official concerning the woman’s healing on the Sabbath:
14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”
15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?
16 So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
17 And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
There should be no question about the source of infirmities based on Jesus’ own words, she was bound by Satan. Let us deal with the root of sickness and disease rather than just the physical symptoms. There is no true cure for disease if we don’t deal with the spiritual root cause. The woman suffered for eighteen years but when she heard the Words of Jesus, her faith aligned with Him and she responded to His command “you are loosed from your infirmity.” FATHER, open our eyes to this revelation so that Your Love can minister the true solution to those infirmities plaguing Your sons and daughters, Amen!