Emotional Healing · Trust and Faith

Losing hope during illness?

4 min read, approximately

“And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day. And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up. And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.” (Luke 13:10-13)

Most of the time, when we become ill, we go to the doctor, receive a diagnosis, and are prescribed medicines intended to fight what is harming us. After taking them for a few weeks, we return to our activities as though nothing had happened. But what happens when we take the medicines and the illness persists? What happens when the weeks pass, especially when the doctors say: “We are doing everything possible to find out what is happening to you”?… Our hopes begin to fade, and our minds fill with uncertainty and despair. Why do we become ill? Why does God allow us to become ill? These were surely questions the following people may also have asked: \1. Person: A woman with a discharge of blood. Duration: 12 years…

“And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,” (Luke 8:43)

. \2. Person: A woman with a spirit of infirmity who was bent over. Duration: 18 years…

“And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.” (Luke 13:11)

\3. Person: The paralyzed man at Bethesda. Duration: 38 years…

“And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.” (John 5:5-7)

The woman with the discharge of blood

“came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.” (Luke 8:44)

, the woman who was bent over:

“And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.” (Luke 13:12-13)

And the paralyzed man:

“Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.” (John 5:8-9)

. So, for those who are ill and those who have received the most devastating diagnosis, the Word reminds us that we can confidently draw near to touch the Lord’s cloak. Today the Lord is here and reminds us that by his wound we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). It does not matter if someone hurries into the pool ahead of us, for his only requirement is:

“…Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” (John 11:40)

Days, months, 12 years, 18 years, 38 years… Could anything be impossible for the Lord? Above all circumstances and whatever people or doctors may say:

“so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)

… If he has declared healing over us… so it will be!

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