Apostle Peter said that God's power "has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us" (2 Peter 1:3). In other words, all things that we need (both spiritually and physically) in order to live happy and fulfilled life becomes available to us when we grow in realization of His will. Ignorance and short-sightedness have no rewards.

With so many health challenges that we ourselves and people around us face, I believe it is necessary for us to know and to understand the will of God concerning our healing. You can often hear how sincere believers ask in their troubles: "Does God want to heal me? How can I be sure of His will? And if He really is the Healer of all, why my prayers are not always answered?"

The answer of Jesus to the question whether healing is a will of God is a firm and definite YES. When a doubting leper came to Him, saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean", His immediate reply was, "I am willing, be cleansed" (Matthew 8:2-3). The same words can be applied to us even today.

When we see Jesus, we see the perfect will of God for all humankind manifested. He came to do the will of the Father, therefore, all His miracles were rules, and not exceptions. God shows no partiality. He will do for us all that He did for others in the past, as long as we willing to do all that is required of us to appropriate His blessings.

From the facts that we know, Christianity was started as a healing movement. Healing was an integral part of the ministry of Jesus, and our comprehension of His mission will be incomplete until we understand its healing aspects. First disciples successfully continued this ministry after ascension of their Master. Up until this day, there are thousands upon thousands of people who restore health by turning to God and to His healing ways.

Sickness and disease has no part in God's order of things. When we pray, it is important to have such awareness.

Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
James 1:6-8

Before we come to God in prayer, let us prepare ourselves by affirming this Truth:

Wholeness is a natural state of my life. It is God's will for me to be whole and well, in spirit, soul and body.

For some folks, such idea may seem too difficult to grasp, because for so long they've been taught that God can send sickness to someone as a warning, as a punishment for sin, or as a lesson to learn.

Indeed, wrong thinking and living can make our body sick. But in these cases, sicknesses are self-imposed, not God-imposed. Let us not blame the Father of love and light for the things we created for ourselves. He cannot be the Healer and the destroyer at the same time.

When we are sick, God is eager to heal us, because He is still moved with compassion, the same compassion that motivated Jesus. When we need to change our thoughts, attitudes and actions, He uses the Spirit of Wisdom within us to lead us to the right way.

We can trust that He is going to deliver us from evil, and sicknesses are definitely evil.