In Luke chapter 10, Jesus sends out the 70 disciples (72 in some translations) into the villages. These weren’t the apostles he sent out in chapter 9. They weren’t the big men of God—they were just ordinary disciples like you and me, hanging around Jesus.
He told them, “Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you’” (Luke 10:9). “Heal the sick” is a command, not a suggestion.
Who do we heal?
He also said to heal “those who were there,” which includes a) every type of person, and b) every type of sickness. Good people and bad people, headaches and viruses.
In John chapter 5, Jesus heals a man who’d been an invalid for 38 years. Later he tells him (John 5:14), “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” Jesus knew he was a sinner, but healed him anyway.
Healing is a partnership
Jesus didn’t say, “Pray for the sick.” He said to heal them! Problem. I can’t, and neither can you. So why did he tell us to do something he knows we cannot do? Because of Luke 1:37: “For nothing is impossible with God.”
It says, “WITH God.” We are not alone! Jesus promised he is with us “always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). We cannot heal anyone, but he can and does. He wants us involved. We’ll see why when we check out the authority he’s given us.
Something must happen
Look again at Luke 1:37. If “nothing” is impossible, then when we minister healing, in faith, in the name of Jesus, something must happen. We may not see it, or feel it, for we live by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Are you with Jesus? Then trust him—when you step out, “NOTHING” is completely impossible!
With God all things are possible.
Wow! I’ve never thought about the ‘nothing is impossible’ from that perspective before. Wherever we go, with the Holy Spirit we must bring a change/shift etc – it’s not possible to not! Great thought
It was one of those God-insight moments.