The very leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. See it purged of every evil and see in it the great conduit Head, from which abundant streams of healing flow down to men below. There is, then, an abundance of healing power in Jesus Christ and His salvation. The least thing about Christ is healing. These healing leaves change the life blood, affect the spirits and make the nature other than it was before.
And as for the curses spoken against you and your son, hear this: it is, in fact, the essence of all those curses which of old were declared on Mount Ebal, the rolling thunder of threatened wrath. But those who looked to the brazen serpent found life and healing in that look. And even so, there is life from sin by looking to Him who was made sin for us. Though the serpent's poison was deadly, its bites were cured by a look at the brazen serpent. God is Love but even love curses sin. Child of God, do you ever trifle with sin? Cease from that fatal folly. For God does not trifle with it, He curses it. Yet Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.
The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. The joy of pardon makes us ignore the sorrow of the past. You shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. If the Prophet says, "Your heart shall meditate terror," viewing it as past and gone, how much more may you muse on mercy, world without end, viewing it as forever your own? O you who are now sick, ask to be forgiven and healing will come from the pardoning hand. First forgiveness, then healing. This man, lying there paralyzed, wept at the thought of his past life, his omissions and his commissions, his falling short and his transgressions. His heart was heavy within him. So he lay there, in the Presence of Jesus, hoping and expecting forgiveness and healing.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. In breaking hearts, God uses man continually; but when your hearts were healed God only did it. The healing power of my Master is such that if you have backslidden ever so far yet He says unto you, "Return! Return! Return!" There is more joy over you, you poor lost sheep, than over ninety and nine that went not astray. The healing power was conspicuously present when Christ was teaching. Jesus linked the healing with the teaching.
And what of the weight and the safety you desire? Every loss and every cross, every slander, everything that seems to hinder or thwart, all shall come and be ruled and managed to make the end which God has promised. How safe we are, then, when embarked in the good ship of Providence, with such a Captain who has forearranged and foreordained all things from the beginning even unto the end! Under His wings you shall trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler. They came to her and then, stooping down and spreading out her wings, she covered them and they were safe. While curious eyes have looked on with marvel, many have been the humble people struggling hard who were involved in loss and disaster; but He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust.
Calvary is the place for the healing balm. The work of Jesus, our heavenly Physician, is not so much to point out disease as to indicate and to apply the remedy. Yonder in Heaven, those faces which look so bright and comely, fresher than new born babes, owe their freshness to these healing leaves! The Sun of Righteousness has risen upon you with healing in His wings. God bless you.