Jesus is the cure...

This is heavy on my heart and I feel God wants me to share this. He has a plan for our lives and the lives of those we love. I love scripture and so many promises we can cling to, but SO many can be taken out of context and twisted giving us a false sense of security and hope... never does it say we will not suffer or that we will never endure hardships and loss. That’s a heavy message right... but here is the good news. Jesus said “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Listen a lot of people that love Jesus and cling to bible verses, and serve his kingdom faithfully... still die every single day, from what looks like, to the world, as unanswered prayers... or from cancer or disease or hate crimes, or martyrdom... does that mean their faith was weak or that they didn’t have the right scripture to fight with? Of course not! Does it mean they lost favor with God or did something in their past that prevented the Lord from answering their prayers? Absolutely not! Listen when you build your faith on the principle that God will answer your prayers the way you want instead of having the understanding that we present our requests to God with the understanding that his ways are higher than our own... you’ll be on shaky ground and your faith will come crashing down if he answers your prayers differently than what your  heart’s desire was. He is a God of answered prayers but he already sent us the cure for every sickness and every disaster under heaven and his name is Jesus Christ. Nothing can over take you not even death itself if you surrender your life to him. He may choose to heal our bodies temporarily from earth’s sickness and disease or he may choose to restore our bodies where nothing can touch them ever again... but either way he is a God that loves us no matter what. Years ago when I was praying for healing over my child... God spoke to my heart and said ever so gently to me, “You pray more for her physical healing than her salvation which one will last longer?” And from that day forward it changed forever how I prayed. He is a God of healing but even more he’s a God that offers us so much more through Jesus... he offers us salvation, because our earthly bodies will tire and pass away but our eternal hope is secure in him.