S&F-The Healing of Jesus

When facing a illness, especially one that could be considered a terminal one, and you are a person of faith, the natural thing to to is ask Jesus for healing.  After all, in his ministry Jesus did numerous miracles healing the sick, restoring sight and even raising the dead.  So it should be no problem for Him to heal me, right?

I heard a discussion of why Jesus needed to physically heal people 2000 years ago and how that is different today.  In the time of Jesus it disease and sickness was a main fear for people.  I don't know what the life expectancy of people was but I'm quite sure that if you were afflicted with leprosy or another sickness you didn't expect to live. long.  I think people were outcast from their communities once they were afflicted.  So, in order to provide for his followers, Jesus the Healer did what was needed and cured the faithful of their affliction.

Today we don't have the need for medical intercessions from The Lord as we used to.  Most things that would kill people 2000 years ago are not medical issues now.  So there is no need for Jesus to minister to his flock by physically curing them.  

But we are still in need of Jesus's healing today.  We are in need of spiritual healing.  Today's divisively secular world is so full of sin and lack of faith that the real danger is to our eternal soul.  And that's what Jesus offers us today.  By our belief in His message He offers us the chance of redemption.  We need to not ask for relief from physical pain and anguish, but need to look Him for repentance and forgiveness.  If we do He will heal our souls.

I am still going to ask Jesus every night to cure my cancer, but if he chooses not to and eventually calls me to his eternal kingdom, I hope I will join him with a healthy soul.  That's what's really important.