Sometimes, we may feel like God doesn’t heal us or someone we love when we need Him to. But we can trust that God has our very best interest at heart, and we can be assured that healing will come, though, for various reasons, it may not come in our timing.
God’s ultimate desire is to save us and give us eternal life. But right now, we live in a sinful world; a world where good and evil exist together. Sickness and disease are part of that unfortunate reality.
Often, we won’t understand the reason we’re not being healed. And that’s hard. However, there’s one thing we can be sure of: God can take even the most difficult situations and use them for good.
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28
Even in the Bible, we find situations in which people prayed for healing and longed for it but weren’t healed. Paul was one of them. He pleaded with God three times to take it away. But God didn’t take it away. Instead, He told Paul that even as he struggled with it, God’s grace would be sufficient for him. Through weakness, Paul would find God’s strength revealed more perfectly through him. (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Similarly, when our prayers for healing aren’t answered, it’s not necessarily because of what we’ve done or not done. It could be something God uses to make us stronger in Him. And even if you feel that everything is going wrong, you’re doing your best and praying, but your health is still failing. You can say, as David did, “My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.” (Psalm 73:26)
Whatever your situation, Jesus says: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:28-29
Like David, you can affirm your faith and trust in His healing power by saying, ‘Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again—my Saviour and my God!’ Psalm 42:1.
You can trust God even in these challenging times because one day, God will fulfill His ultimate promise to us: the promise of saving us from this world of sin and suffering. And the promise of giving us a body that will never again become sick or grow old. And when God brings an end to all sin, He will comfort us forever for all we’ve been through: He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Revelation 21:4