Does God always want us well?

I believe God has hidden Himself, not from us but for us (Ephesians 3:5). He wants to be found. He wants us to seek, ask and knock. He wants us to follow Him into a deep intimate relationship with Him where He reveals to us who He is.

To know God and His character we must know the truth. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). This verse says Jesus is the truth.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. - John 8:32

If we want to be set free we need to know the truth. Genesis and John were written in different languages but the word  'know' in both languages has the same meaning in John as it does in Genesis where it says: And Adam Knew Eve his wife; and she conceived; and bare Cain.

These verses are talking about the most intimate relationship we can have, and we need to have that closeness with the word of God and His truth, who is God, so we can be set free.

In the area of healing I think it can be hard to understand as we may have seen mixed results or know someone who hasn't been healed, but I guarantee the answers are found in his word. I believe the foundation for understanding healing is knowing that God always wants us well. With confidence in God’s will we can fully trust Him.

I believe it's God's will to always heal because of many verses found in His word which I would love to share with you:

Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, - Psalm 103

One of God's benefits here is healing and it says he heals ALL our diseases. Not some but all of our diseases.

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. - Matthew 12:15

In Jesus ministry multiple times in the Bible it says he healed them ALL. There wasn’t a time Jesus would not heal some one and in Hebrews 13:8 it says he is the same yesterday today and forever.

His divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue. - 1 Peter 1:3 

Sickness and disease don’t sound like life and Godliness to me and we have been given all things that pertain to life and Godliness. 

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. - John 4:17 

This verses says we are the same as Jesus, not when we get to heaven but in this world! Is Jesus sick or not healed? Then I believe it's God's will that we are healed too.

For they are life to those who find them and health to one's whole body. - Proverbs 4:22

Proverbs says that His words are health to your whole body. Would God violate his word and not heal?

And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover. - Mark 17-18

Jesus didn't say pray for the sick, he said heal the sick. Why would he say heal the sick if sometimes he didn’t want to heal?

Who his own self bare our sin in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sin might live unto righteousness, by whose stripes we were healed. - 1 peter 2:24

Not only is God our healer but this verse says we WERE healed. Jesus took our sickness and diseases in his own body when he was whipped and in every stripe sickness was defeated! If God said he wouldn’t heal someone it would be a huge insult to Jesus who bore our sickness in his body. If God wouldn’t heal someone, why did Jesus take our sickness in his body?

Here's just a few verses I believe teach that it is God's will that we are always healed, but there are many more. I believe much of healing is about receiving the healing that was provided for us by Jesus’ stripes when He took our sicknesses upon himself, instead of trying to get God to heal us. 

There's still the question: why is not everyone healed? And it's a very valid question. It’s something I’d be happy to talk to you about or cover in another post but simply, I don’t believe it's God who choses who does and who doesn’t get healed. I believe as children of God we need to learn to receive from our Father what he has already given us. 

I pray we grow in this intimate 'knowing' of Him as He reveals to us who He is and shows us how to receive from Him.

As an extra here's 75 healing verses showing healing found in the bible.

Lk. 9:11

Acts 10:38

Mt. 4:23

Mt. 9:30

Mt. 8:17

Mal. 4:2

3 John 2

Mt. 12:15

I Pet. 2:24

Jer. 33:6

Ps. 107:20

Ps. 118:17

Jer 17:14

Ps 103:2-4

Mt. 14:14

Mt 8:7

Mt. 10:1

Lk. 9:1

II Pet. 1:3

James. 5:16

Acts 19:12

Rom. 8:11

I Cor. 12:9

James. 5:14-15

II Cor. 4:10-11

Mk. 7:37

Eph. 6:3

Ep 3:19

Mk. 9:23

Mk.11:23- 24

Mt. 14:36

Hosea 6:1

Jer 17:14

Acts 4:30

Ps. 147:3

Pr. 4:10

Eze. 34:16

Mal. 4:2

Ps. 91:16

Ex. 15:26

Acts 9:34

Gen 15:15

Lk 10:19

Jn. 14:14

Acts 3:16

Lk. 13:16

Jn. 10:10

Hosea 14:4

Ex 23:25

Job 5:26

Ex. 12:13

Ex. 23: 25

Deut. 7:15

Deut. 11:9

Deut. 28:61 and Gal. 3:13

Job 33:25

Psalm 30:2

Ps. 41:2

Jn 8:36

Ps. 41:3

Ps. 91:10

Pr. 3:8

Pr. 15:30

Lk 4:40

Pr. 16:24

Jer. 30:17

Pr. 17:22

Isa. 35:6

Isa. 53:5

Isa. 57:19

Isa 58:8

Mk. 16:18

Lk. 4:18

Isa. 61:1

1 Thes 5:23

Understanding Scripture

Have you ever found parts of the Bible hard to understand? I know I have. I want to share something that might help you in this area found in John 6.

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. - John 6:53-54

Of course we know Jesus was not talking about literally eating him, but partaking spiritually in His death that brought us life and His blood that brought us forgiveness. The disciples Jesus spoke to did not understand this and it says in verse 66:

From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. - John 6:66

Wow! These disciples didn’t understand Jesus’ words and it caused them to turn away from God himself. 

I hope no one will turn away from God because His word is hard to understand, but have we ever distanced ourself from God or turned away from parts of who He is because we don't understand certain scriptures? 

I want to be challenged myself, to not turn away from hard to understand scriptures. I don’t want it to stop me from following God in areas of my life. Instead the Bible says: 

Ask and it shall be given to you: seek and you shall find: knock and it shall be opened to you. - Luke 11:9

In the passage in John the disciples only saw what Jesus said on the surface, but there was a deeper meaning to Jesus' words. I encourage you to ask God to reveal challenging scriptures to you; ask Him to help you hear His word with spiritual ears, and in doing so He will draw you closer to Him and reveal new truths about who He is and the amazing love He has for you!