Need a Healing
“Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk.” Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
—John 5:8–9, CSB
In the passage above, Jesus was walking past the pool called Bethesda (in Aramaic), where He saw a lame man lying by the water. Jesus asked the man if he wanted to be healed. Then He said to him, “Pick up your mat and walk.” Instantly, the man was healed. He picked up his mat and began to walk.
So often, we believe that healing requires long prayers or elaborate words. But when we speak the same words Jesus spoke—with faith—healing happens! We may not always see the healing immediately, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t taken place.
Later in Scripture, we see Peter and John heal a lame man in a similar way. They used the same kind of faith-filled words, and healing followed:
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple, he asked for money. Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.” So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!” Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong. So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.
—Acts 3:1–8, CSB
Jesus also appointed seventy others and sent them out two by two. He told them:
“… Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.”
He instructed them to heal the sick and to proclaim, “The kingdom of God has come near you.” He equipped them with authority over all the power of the enemy and assured them that nothing would harm them. That same power and authority has been given to us as believers. We are called to walk in it.
You may not see the healing manifest right away, but that’s not your responsibility. Manifestation is God’s work—ours is to believe and obey what He has said.
Key Takeaways:
The manifestation of a miracle is not your responsibility.
Faith is what draws the miracle.
Manifestation happens through the Holy Spirit.
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