“Bless the Lord, O my soul
and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals
all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction … .” Psalm 103:2-4
For
some reason, folks seem to forget the most important thing about knowing
God. He has made a pact with all those
who would place their trust in Him. It
is the reason Jesus came to earth to dwell among us. It’s the reason He had to bleed and die a horrific
death. It was all part of God’s eternal
plan to save us from ourselves. Does
that make God worthy of being blessed and praised? You bet it does! He forgave our iniquities, which simply said
means God forgave all our misdeeds, errant thoughts and ungodly actions and
reactions. That’s right, every thing we
have ever thought, said or done that was considered sinful behavior in God’s
economy was forgiven us. The most awesome
thing about it is that none of it would be brought up against us again … ever.
The Jews
call Him Jehovah Rophi, the God who heals.
Does God always heal folks the way we want? No, He does not. He does what is best in His estimation. The Lord either causes or allows all things
that transpire in this world. If He did
not there would be something that was out of His control and that contradicts
His very nature. Sometimes people we
earnestly pray for end up dying. Our
faith is shaken. We question God as to
why they had to pass on. Knowing the
future and the past, He is much more capable than us to make those type of life
and death decisions. The fact of the
matter is that when a loved one we have prayed for passed away in spite of our
most heartfelt prayers for their healing, God has in fact answered our prayer
in the most perfect sense. Is it not
true that the person in question shall never be sick or in pain ever again? They are now with the Lord for all eternity
if they are redeemed and will never be sick again. Now that is what I call a healing. It’s not the way we imagined it, but we got
what we asked for.
Let
your heart never forget all that God has done for you. No one else could have ever done what the
Lord did. He alone is worthy of all our
glory, honor and praise. Until Christ’s
Return, walk with the King and be a blessing!
Resource:
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
