I have heard Christians argue on whether it is the will of God to heal all sicknesses and diseases. There are other believers who think God uses sickness to punish His children when they sin or make mistakes. Also, I have come across believers who assumed it was not the will of God to heal them because they prayed for healing but didn’t seem to get any better. These are just a few of the misconceptions and lies of the devil that have left many believers confused about healing.
God Wants You Healed
If you want to receive your healing by faith, the first thing you need to know and settle firmly in your heart is that God wants you to live healthy every day of your life. If you are sick, God wants you healed. It is never the plan of God for you to hop from hospital to hospital and neither does He want you up today and down tomorrow. If God wants you sick then the scripture that says that we are healed by the stripes of Jesus would be a lie. However, God cannot tell a lie.
But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. Isaiah 53: 5 (KJV)
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23: 19  (KJV)
It is not only that God cannot tell a lie; He also does not hover between good and bad. He would not heal some people and make others sick. That would be an inconsistent God.
My friend, it is the will of God for you to be healed. God has made provision for your healing through the stripes of Jesus. If Jesus received those stripes and God still wants you sick, that would mean that Jesus was whipped in vain. You need to settle it in your heart that God wants to heal you. It does not matter what medical science calls the sickness or the disease- there is no sickness that God does not heal. So, do not start thinking the sickness on your body is terminal and so cannot be healed. No illness is exempted from the healing power of God. I want you to boldly declare, “It is the will of God for me to be healed and live in good health.” Keep repeating this truth to yourself until it takes a firm root in your heart. If you do not settle it in your heart that God wants you healed at all time you will not be able to stand in faith to receive your healing. Say with me, “God wants me healed, and my healing is settled.”
If this truth has settled in your heart, you are on your way to living the rest of your life whole, healed and healthy. It is always the will of God to heal you of every sickness or disease. God does not want you sick. He wants you to live in full good health.
You Are Healed Already
I also want you to know that God has already healed you of every disease and sickness. Jesus has already concluded your healing.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED. 1 Peter 2: 24 (KJV)
He personally bear our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED. 1 Peter 2: 24 (AMP)
Do you see that scripture? It says that you WERE (HAVE BEEN)healed by the stripes (wounds) of Jesus. Let me explain what that means. When Jesus was beaten, the wounds on his body were for your healing. Therefore, you and I were healed since the day Jesus was beaten. We were healed by his stripes. Those stripes have healed us more than two thousand years ago. We are not about to be healed, we are already healed by the stripes of Jesus.
The stripes of Jesus healed you of all the sicknesses and diseases that this world has ever known or will ever know. The stripes of Jesus healed all of them. Whether you currently feel sick in your body or not, you have been healed by the stripes of Jesus.
You are probably asking, “If I am already healed from all diseases and sicknesses, why then do I still fall sick?” That is a good question and I will tell you what happens when you fall sick. When you feel sick, the devil is actually trying to steal the healing that you have already. As a believer, you are not a sick person who is trying to get healed. You are a person who has been healed but the devil is trying to steal your healing. Do you get it? You are healed already. It doesn’t matter whether you have malaria, typhoid fever, diabetes, cancer or whatever name the disease is called, you are already healed by the stripes of Jesus. Say boldly, “I am healed by the stripes of Jesus. I am healed already.” Keep saying this even if you are on a hospital bed or you have a sickness that doctors said cannot be healed. Keep telling yourself and anyone that cares to listen that you are healed by the stripes of Jesus. If you keep standing on this truth, it will run any sickness or disease out of your body. You are the healed of the Lord! Shout with a loud voice, “I am healed.”