Living in His Heartbeat (Divine Healing)

The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see you." "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. - Mark 10:51-52

Healing flows out of the heartbeat of Jesus. As I sit at Jesus' feet and live in His heartbeat His love for us and infallible Word to us becomes clearer to me and so much more tangible. One thing that God has pressed on my heart so passionately is divine healing. I've grown up in church where healing is a normal thing. I remember being young and laying hands on sick kids and praying that God would heal them. I've always been passionate about healing, but God is showing it to me in a new way. He is revealing it to me through His eyes. I can say with great joy and thankfulness that God has placed me in two churches, one back home and one here at college, where people are getting healed of sickness left and right. It is truly one of the most amazing things to witness, and I believe that is how God intended for the church to operate. In Mark 16:17 Jesus says "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." I believe with all of my heart that healing, signs, wonders, tongues, and the whole shabang is just as real today as it was when the Apostles were living. Jesus said that these signs will accompany those who believe, if you are a believer of Jesus Christ these things are made available to you for the sole purpose of glorifying God. The lashes that Jesus took for us were not just so we could enter the kingdom of God but so that healing would be made available to us. God's very essence is healing. When Jesus was on the cross He took on all of our sickness and infirmities. He took our sickness so that we could be made whole. Not just our spiritual sickness but our physical sickness as well. God is passionate about seeing His children healed. As I spend more time in His presence and Word this truth continues to ring in my spirit. The enemy wants the church to go into confusion and think that it is God's will when someone gets sick. It is not God's will for someone to get sick. We live in a fallen world full of sin, that's why sickness exist. When you live in the heartbeat of Jesus and spend time at His feet He reveals His heart to you and you come into the truth that He has set His affection on you. Imagine if you had children or if you do, would you ever in your will want them to be sick? Probably not. So how much more would your perfect heavenly Father want that for our lives. Jesus' heart is healing because He is the healer. As I've spent time in His presence and as He has poured His heart out on me I've experienced His healing power enter my life like never before. If you're sick or know someone who is, whether spiritually or physically, I encourage you to lay hands on them or yourself and pray for healing. Not without boldness or in a begging manner, but with the confidence that you or whoever you are praying for is already healed in the Name of Jesus! Healing is your portion because Jesus is your portion and Jesus is a healer. I know that there can be many disputes on this topic but I don't so much care about getting caught up in theological arguments, I care about chasing after the heart of Jesus and letting Him humble me as He reveals His heart and Word to me. I don't want to be looked at as a typical, safe, church girl. I want to be looked at as a radical, Holy Ghost filled, Jesus chaser who isn't afraid to actually do what the bible says, and that includes laying hands on the sick. I pray that through this lifestyle of mine Jesus is glorified above all, and that others are compelled to experience Him in that way. Sit at His feet today and ask Holy Spirit to reveal to you why healing flows out of Jesus' heart. He will blow your mind. Let us be like Bartimaeus who longed to see Jesus and had great enough faith to believe that he would. Remember that Jesus' heart beats passionately for you and that by His stripes you are healed. - Sofia