Heaven’s Healing Hand

“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” (James 5:16 NKJV)

We need to confess to God. This is something King David knew well. After He kept silent about His sins, he says that his bones began to waste away (Psalm 32:3).

Now, when David sinned with Bathsheba, he realized that he sinned not just against her, her husband, her family, and the nation, but ultimately his sin was against God. He said, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.” (Psalm 51:4).

But our healing is also facilitated when we confess to others, which is what James was saying in our verse, that is, we must confess to each other and pray for one another.

Now, not all sickness is caused by a particular sin, but some illnesses stem directly from our sinful actions and attitudes. These need to be confronted and confessed if we want a healing to take place. This is why a lot of people remain in their sickness, they are afraid of confessing and letting others know.

In the end, there is no sickness or suffering that is beyond the Lord’s ability to heal. We are then to confess our sin and cry out to God and let God’s healing take place His way.

Through Worship

“Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.” (Exodus 23:25-26 NIV)

When I was going through the loss of everything, God gave me a song of worship where I found myself thanking Jesus for His sacrificial death upon the cross for my sins. This helped my get back to church where I was touched by the heaven’s healing hand more by the worship than the message.

Conclusion

Let me end with what the Bible considers to be a healing.

It begins with coming into a right relationship with God through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. It’s when we ask Him to be our Savior and our Lord. The Lord then works in a believer’s life to bring about the healing that is needed, whether it is physical, emotional, or spiritual.

It is this that will eventually see our ultimate healing, which is eternal life in heaven, which is referred to as the land of no mores, because this is where there is no more sorrow, no more pain, and no more suffering (Revelation 21:4).

Let me conclude with how we began, and that is, healing in the Bible, or divine healing is not becoming what we were, but becoming all that God intends for us to be. Healing is about our being made well in whatever way that may look like in God’s sight, and not our own.

So, we need to allow God to do His healing work His way instead of our own way.