Is Your Faith Weak? That’s Why Your Not Healed…

Is your faith weak? That’s why your not healed….

How many people have heard that? How many Christians have been caused emotional pain because of that statement? What good could possibly come out of a statement like that, other than the one that needs a healing to take a second look at where they stand with God.

I don’t think a Christian who makes a statement like this means to do harm, but it can. The Christians that usually make a statement like this, are ones that believe when you are filled with the Holy Ghost, you can receive a healing instantly if your faith is strong enough.

Pastors preach hope and faith, that God will heal you. They tell you to believe that God wants to heal you and in His time it will happen. I love hope, nothing wrong with building a Christian up and telling them to have faith. But I would love the pastors to also tell not just a part of the truth, but the whole truth.

1. We are not all meant to be healed…..

Yes, folks, it’s true we are not all meant to be healed. It is not a matter of faith that will get you healed, it’s not a matter of anything other than God deciding if and when you should be healed, period.

2. We cause or assist in suffering….

Jesus told us to love our neighbor. Loving your neighbor means all the commandments God already gave us…. love your neighbor you won’t steal from them, lie to them, covet them, kill them, etc.. When we see a homeless person suffering on the street, do we clothe them and feed them? Do we help them? Do we love them? A complete stranger in need of help, can you deep down in your soul Love that person as Christ commands?

If a person abuses their own body with alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, and they contract an illness because of their own sin, God isn’t to blame. God will show mercy on who He decides to show mercy. In scriptures it tells you that your body is a temple, you sin against your body, you sin against Christ who dwells inside you. We are told plenty of times in scriptures how to live. God gives man the freedom to make choices, even when He knows it’s a really bad idea. When we sin, we separate ourselves from God and nothing good ever comes from that.

Deuteronomy 31:17
(17) Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

God gives us a world full of wonderful resources, food, trees, and we all know too well how we as mankind have been destroying our planet. We put pesticides on fruit and vegetables (which is a poison) and then we consume them. Surprised when you get cancer? We breath in smog, pollution, and other chemicals, surprised when you contract a lung ailment, or other disease? We take man made chemicals (medicine) we hope to fix our ailment. Then when you hear the side-effects, may cause nosebleeds, diarrhea, numbness or tingling in extremities, drowsiness, insomnia, frequent heartburn, rashes, loss of hair… wouldn’t it be better to deal with the affliction and ask for God to step in first? Often you hear about medicines they have taken back from the public, due to fatalities or illnesses caused by the medicine that was supposed to help you. Don’t get me wrong, medicine is sometimes a life or death situation but include God and go to Him in prayer, nothing is too big for God.

3. Sometimes we are born with our affliction …….

Sometimes people are born with a disease or illness. Does that mean that before they were born, their faith was absent? How could it be? Or their parents faith wasn’t strong enough? Wrong…God sometimes allows it for a higher purpose.
John 9:1-3
(1) And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
(2) And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
(3) Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

The Jews believed that by sinful actions of the parents it could be passed down to the children. Jesus said the man nor his parents were the reason he was blind since birth. He was born blind, in order for that exact moment to glorify God, through Jesus and his healing. Wow, this man was born that way for the glory of God. God had a plan, before this man was born. This man was healed, which caused him to believe, but for others to believe also. So although this man grew up possibly suffering with his ailment, it was for a reason. It was for Gods purpose. Just because you were born with an ailment, doesn’t mean you can’t be healed.

4. Sometimes we suffer because God has a higher purpose through our affliction………

God also allows someone to not be healed, maybe because He knows you would become self-reliant, and not live your life for Him. You say, “Lord, if you heal me I will shout it to the rooftops, I will praise you and tell everyone about you.” God knows us better than we know ourselves, He knows already what we would or wouldn’t do. God may also look down at you and say, I have a purpose for why you are ill.

God could also allow you to suffer because he wants you to lean on Him and knows it will strengthen you spiritually.

Psalms 119:67
(67) Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Paul who helped heal others was afflicted himself. Paul speaks about even though he prayed to the Lord three times to cure him of his his own thorn, God replied;

2 Corinthians 12:9
(9) And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

He may allow you to not be healed, because there is someone in your life that will be lead to Christ because of your affliction. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but maybe years from now, just like that man who was afflicted with blindness for many years.

5. God may allow us to be afflicted to test us, to discipline us……

Many preachers feel ill at ease talking about someones suffering as a means for God to test you or yes, chastise you. People say, “Whoa, wait a minute, God is a God of love and mercy.” Yes God is a God of love, but he also is our creator, and He knows His creation. He is our Father, and just as a father disciplines his child, God will do the same. We all know the story of Abraham. God put Abraham to the test. Sacrifice your son for me, God says. Can you imagine the pain and agony as a Father to kill your own child? A child you had long to have and when you were finally blessed, God wanted you to end his little life. As pleased as God was with Abraham, he knew he would have to test him on something more than just taking away all he possessed. It would have to be the one thing that meant more to Abraham than anything, his son. God tested Abraham. God also tested Job. That poor man suffered the loss of family members, all that he owned, and his health. He was a mess, a broken man, yet his faith in the Lord was still there. God says that he allowed all these horrible things to happen to Job, simply to test his faith. That seems a little extreme to me, but after all that pain and suffering he blessed him more abundantly than when he began. Then I thought, wait, what about all the death of his family members? He couldn’t get them back… okay, that’s another blog.

Chastisement or discipline because we are doing wrong, or sinning against God. God has caused death, plagues, illnesses and disease. Not only as a sign for the one afflicted but for others to see as an example.

Proverbs 3:11-12
(11) My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
(12) For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Revelation 3:19
(19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
So in conclusion, are we to sit and suffer and say there is no hope for a healing, NO WAY. But we can also take an honest understanding that when we are not healed when we keep praying and praying, it may not be in God’s plan….YET. Do not ever let someone tell you that your faith is the problem. Paul have tremendous faith, yet he was still afflicted.

I have full faith in the Lord that if he chooses not to heal me at this time or when I want, it’s because he has a higher purpose for my affliction and if it is in Gods will, I will be healed. If I never receive a healing, that’s alright too, because Jesus already gave me the greatest gift, salvation. If I were to never receive another blessing from God in my life, I will still praise Him, because God gave up His only Son. Jesus who was ridiculed, spit on, mocked, beaten, whipped with metal across His back, bleeding, trembling in pain, nailed on that cross to die for you and me, how could I ever ask for another thing? Thank you Jesus for your suffering.

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