We know HIS promise is to heal. Its the same word as "saved". If you are saved, that word is Sozo and it means delivered, set free, provided for, healed, strengthened. Saying that and I've seen lots of it in my family we are right it (healing) can seem elusive, at times,
I've seen it come real fast and other-times painfully slow. There are times when I'm talking the words just fly out powerfully and other times, I don't even seem to make sense to myself let alone others.
I thought of this verse when listening to your video...the SPIRIT prompted me by saying this (in my inner (kingdom of heaven) thoughts) was "How did JESUS see faith?"
Which brought me to Luke 5. Its the story when the guys brought their paralytic friend and couldn't get into the house because of the crowd. So they got to the roof and lowered their diseased friend through the tiles and roof down to JESUS in the middle of the crowded room and as the scripture says in Luke 5:20 "When JESUS saw their faith..." Faith was simply reaching out to JESUS. Simply throwing yourself at HIS feet. The friends helped their paralytic buddy to get there - was FAITH. They placed their friend at HIS feet.
Notice JESUS then says still in verse 20 "Friend your sins are forgiven.." Note; the term "friend" in the Bible was not a Facebook "friend" we use the word friend so easily. The word friend was ONLY to be used with someone that is in covenant - you are a friend if you are a covenant keeping person, that would do anything you can for your "friend". I no longer call you servants but friends.(see John 15:15) these are covenant keeping brothers/sisters. You can tell the guys lowering the paralytic down were real friends trying to do anything for their fallen buddy. Covenant!
The other time I could find was JESUS getting on a boat in Matthew 9 and when He got to the other side in vs 2 "Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When JESUS saw their faith..." Here it is again. Faith was simply taking JESUS at His word - I'm coming, I'm here and HE sees faith because HE IS the faith. HE responds to faith just like you do. When someone reaches out to you in love with some need we say it was done in "good faith" - you respond, you WANT to help or do what you can. its the same thing...
