Jesus commissioned the disciples to heal the sick, cast out demons, and proclaim that the Kingdom of Heaven had arrived on earth.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 9:
1 Jesus summoned together his twelve apostles and imparted to them authority over every demon and the power to heal every disease.
2 Then He commissioned them to proclaim God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick to demonstrate that the Kingdom had arrived. As he sent them out, He gave them these instructions:
3 “Take nothing extra on your journey. Just go as you are. Don’t carry a staff, a backpack, food, money, not even a change of clothes.
4 Whatever home welcomes you as a guest, remain there and make it your base of ministry.
5 And wherever your ministry is rejected, you are to leave that town and shake the dust off your shoes as a testimony before them.”
6 The apostles departed and went into the villages with the wonderful news of God’s Kingdom, and they healed diseases wherever they went.
10 Months later, the apostles returned from their ministry tour and told Jesus all the wonders and miracles they had witnessed. Jesus, wanting to be alone with the Twelve, quietly slipped away with them toward Bethsaida.
Jesus didn’t say, “Pray that the people would be healed”, He told them to take action and heal the sick and cast out devils.
In sending out the twelve, Matthew records additional detail of what Jesus said. Matthew chapter10:
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Jesus told the disciples to specifically raise the dead. Jesus expected what previously had seemed impossible, to occur through the disciples. Was Jesus concerned about their comfort level when He instructed them to cleanse the lepers? Not in the least. The Comforter is the One Who makes us comfortable.
We are to be led by The Holy Spirit without limitation. This is contrary to many sermons I have heard in the past. The world’s view is one of scarcity and limitation whereas from Heaven’s perspective, these is abundance and no limitation. Our challenge is to embrace Heaven’s mindset and dispose of the world’s perceived limitations.
The Beloved Disciple wrote in John chapter 3:
34 “The One whom God has sent to represent Him will speak the Words of God, because God has poured out upon Him the fullness of the Holy Spirit without limitation.
35 The Father Loves His Son so much that He has given all things into His Hands.
36 Those who trust in the Son possess Eternal Life; those who don’t obey the Son will not see Life, and God’s anger (G3709) will rise up against them.”
G3709 (orgē ) is defined as: properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment:—anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath. Its root word G3713) has as a portion of its definition: the love of money.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Timothy chapter 6:
10 Loving money is a root of all evils. Some people run after it so much that they have given up their faith. Craving more money pushes them away from the faith into error, compounding misery in their lives!
Why do people crave more money? They don’t comprehend the abundance of Heaven and how to properly access such abundance. They rely on themselves rather than trust in GOD. This mindset pushes them away from walking in faith. The love of money compounds misery and depression.
Love of money does not differentiate the poor from the rich. Generosity counters the tendency to love money aka greed. Isn’t this why FATHER established the tithe as the firstfruits thus acknowledging HIS preeminence in our lives as we give?
Being a generous giver is one of the actions Jesus expects of us! We are to walk in abundance in all areas: healing, health, and generosity to name a few.