“Pastor Prince, I know that God is my healer. But why is this sickness and pain still in my body?” If you have been looking at your sickness and pain all this while, stop looking at yourself and start looking at Jesus. Did He or did He not take upon Himself your sickness and pain?
God’s Word declares, “Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, and our pains—he hath carried them” (Isaiah 53:4, YLT). Since Jesus has already taken your sickness and pain at the cross, then He cannot “untake” them. Even if you find it hard to believe that Jesus has paid for your healing, especially when the pain is unbearable, the truth is that it is still paid for. It is a finished work!
God is not saying that your sickness does not exist, nor is He asking you to pretend that it is not there. He is asking you to look away from the sickness, painful as it may be, and look to the truth that it has already been judged at the cross in the body of His Son.
Once, while still in the wilderness, the children of Israel were bitten by deadly desert serpents. The serpents were real. The bites were painful and deadly. So God told Moses to point the people to the bronze serpent put on a pole—a picture of the cross (see John 3:14). Bronze signifies judgment. In other words, the serpent—their problem—was already judged at the cross.
Those who kept their eyes on the bronze serpent lived. Those who focused on their wounds died. So stop looking at your sickness. Instead, look to the cross and see your sickness already judged in the body of Jesus. Surely He has borne your sicknesses and carried your pains! That is the truth of God’s Word. And His Word supersedes natural facts.
My friend, you let natural facts rule or establish God’s truths over your problem by what you choose to focus on. So decide today not to focus on the facts concerning your problem. Instead, establish the truth of God’s Word and Christ’s finished work over your problem—and live!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
These days there is a lot of talk and debate about the truth. Truth has become a relative term and many will tell you that there is no such thing. They say that the truth changes and that the truth depends upon your viewpoint and circumstances. They also say that everything is fake news and everybody puts their own spin on what is said to be the truth. That's all true. So in your life when there is pain and suffering, fear and sorrow, that is real and hurts for real, what should you do? If you are a believer and trust in Christ's finished work on the cross, you know that all of His pain and suffering was for you. You know that His death solved your sin debt and you know that when He returned to heaven after His resurrection, He sent His own Holy Spirit to guide and comfort you. So, if you know that, and all that is true, then you know the truth.The truth is simply this: Jesus and Him crucified. This is the Good News, it's not fake news. Knowing this truth will be medicine to your bones, joy to your heart and this truth will set you free.
