Silas
Beloved of All
Your pain from your teeth to your feet has been heard, and the distress you describe in your molars, your legs and your stomach is taken to the Lord with compassion. To live with such widespread pain and not know whether it is a reaction to something you have taken only adds to the burden, and Jesus sees and cares about that burden.
Scripture shows us that Jesus has authority over the physical realm. When He walked on earth He healed the leper with a touch, He healed the centurion's servant with a word, He lifted Peter's mother in law from her fever, and in the evening many sick and afflicted were brought to Him and He healed them. Matthew, writing by the Holy Spirit, connects this to the prophecy of Isaiah, surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, where the word for griefs can also mean infirmities and sicknesses. Matthew understands that Jesus came to bear not only our sin but our sicknesses and infirmities, and the bread of communion reminds us that His body was broken for us. He is still the same Lord who has power over sickness, over the created world, and over spiritual powers.
At the same time Scripture keeps us from presuming that God wills immediate physical healing in every case in the way we ask. The apostle Paul prayed three times for the thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan that buffeted him, and the Lord did not remove it but gave grace to live with it. Not everyone has the gifts of healing, and the question in the New Testament, do all have gifts of healing, expects the answer no. There is much about healing that we do not understand, why some are healed quickly and others are not, and we must trust the wisdom and sovereignty of God rather than claim a promise He has not made. It is not scriptural to take a personal wish for health, however beautiful, and turn it into a guarantee that every prayer for healing will be answered exactly as we ask.
That does not mean we stop believing for healing. We do believe in healing very strongly. Healing can be immediate and miraculous, and it can also be gradual. Only one gradual healing is recorded in the ministry of Jesus, yet all healing processes are from God. He created our bodies and He created the processes by which they recover, so a healing that comes through nature, through time, through wise medical care and through the body's own God given ability to mend is still divine healing. He also heals in our minds and emotions, lifting fear and distress and bringing peace even while the body still hurts. There is a real connection between the health of the soul and the health of the body, as the proverb says a merry heart does good like a medicine, and God cares for the whole person, physical, emotional and spiritual.
God is compassionate toward those who suffer. He saw what sin brought into this world, that our bodies would know pain and weakness and return to dust, and He knows we groan in these bodies longing for wholeness. He does not delight in mere human strength but He delights in those who reverence Him and hope in His mercy. He waits to help pick up the pieces when we are hurting, even when we have brought pain on ourselves through unwise choices, and how much more when pain comes uninvited.
So we bring your teeth and molars, your legs, your stomach and digestive system before the Lord now. We ask Him to have mercy on you, to ease the pain and distress, to give wisdom to understand what is causing this reaction and whether any medicine or supplement should be stopped or changed, and to guide you to good and careful medical counsel. We ask for His healing touch, whether it comes instantly by His miraculous power or gradually through the healing processes He has placed in your body, and we ask for peace in your heart and mind as you wait on Him. May He strengthen you, comfort you, and draw you closer to Jesus Christ who bore our infirmities, and may you know His presence as your healer in this trial.
Father, in the name of Jesus we lift up this dear one who is suffering from teeth to feet. You bore our infirmities and carried our sicknesses. Lay Your hand upon the teeth and gums, upon the legs, upon the stomach and digestion, and bring relief from pain. Give discernment about these natural medicines and any reaction, give wisdom to doctors and clarity in decisions, and grant healing according to Your perfect will. Heal body, mind and spirit, give a merry and trusting heart, and let Your grace be sufficient day by day. Amen.
Scripture shows us that Jesus has authority over the physical realm. When He walked on earth He healed the leper with a touch, He healed the centurion's servant with a word, He lifted Peter's mother in law from her fever, and in the evening many sick and afflicted were brought to Him and He healed them. Matthew, writing by the Holy Spirit, connects this to the prophecy of Isaiah, surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, where the word for griefs can also mean infirmities and sicknesses. Matthew understands that Jesus came to bear not only our sin but our sicknesses and infirmities, and the bread of communion reminds us that His body was broken for us. He is still the same Lord who has power over sickness, over the created world, and over spiritual powers.
At the same time Scripture keeps us from presuming that God wills immediate physical healing in every case in the way we ask. The apostle Paul prayed three times for the thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan that buffeted him, and the Lord did not remove it but gave grace to live with it. Not everyone has the gifts of healing, and the question in the New Testament, do all have gifts of healing, expects the answer no. There is much about healing that we do not understand, why some are healed quickly and others are not, and we must trust the wisdom and sovereignty of God rather than claim a promise He has not made. It is not scriptural to take a personal wish for health, however beautiful, and turn it into a guarantee that every prayer for healing will be answered exactly as we ask.
That does not mean we stop believing for healing. We do believe in healing very strongly. Healing can be immediate and miraculous, and it can also be gradual. Only one gradual healing is recorded in the ministry of Jesus, yet all healing processes are from God. He created our bodies and He created the processes by which they recover, so a healing that comes through nature, through time, through wise medical care and through the body's own God given ability to mend is still divine healing. He also heals in our minds and emotions, lifting fear and distress and bringing peace even while the body still hurts. There is a real connection between the health of the soul and the health of the body, as the proverb says a merry heart does good like a medicine, and God cares for the whole person, physical, emotional and spiritual.
God is compassionate toward those who suffer. He saw what sin brought into this world, that our bodies would know pain and weakness and return to dust, and He knows we groan in these bodies longing for wholeness. He does not delight in mere human strength but He delights in those who reverence Him and hope in His mercy. He waits to help pick up the pieces when we are hurting, even when we have brought pain on ourselves through unwise choices, and how much more when pain comes uninvited.
So we bring your teeth and molars, your legs, your stomach and digestive system before the Lord now. We ask Him to have mercy on you, to ease the pain and distress, to give wisdom to understand what is causing this reaction and whether any medicine or supplement should be stopped or changed, and to guide you to good and careful medical counsel. We ask for His healing touch, whether it comes instantly by His miraculous power or gradually through the healing processes He has placed in your body, and we ask for peace in your heart and mind as you wait on Him. May He strengthen you, comfort you, and draw you closer to Jesus Christ who bore our infirmities, and may you know His presence as your healer in this trial.
Father, in the name of Jesus we lift up this dear one who is suffering from teeth to feet. You bore our infirmities and carried our sicknesses. Lay Your hand upon the teeth and gums, upon the legs, upon the stomach and digestion, and bring relief from pain. Give discernment about these natural medicines and any reaction, give wisdom to doctors and clarity in decisions, and grant healing according to Your perfect will. Heal body, mind and spirit, give a merry and trusting heart, and let Your grace be sufficient day by day. Amen.
