He healed because he’s God, of course. That was my mindset for years, and it stopped me from healing.

Before you throw your coffee, yes, he IS God—yesterday, today and forever!

However, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father” (John 14:12). This made no sense to me. If Jesus healed because he’s God, how can I do what he did?

Then I noticed John 5:19. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself.” He repeated (v. 30): “By myself I can do nothing.”

Philippians chapter 2 explains. Jesus took the form of a servant [Greek, doulou, a slave (Strongs)], and shared in our humanity in every way (Hebrews 2:17). A slave has no power or authority. Jesus left them with his Father.

He waited for the Spirit

Jesus did no ministry until he was baptized with the Holy Spirit. After his temptations, he returned from the desert in the power of the Spirit (Luke 4:14), and preached his first sermon:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to… heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised…” (Luke 4:18-19 KJV). That’s why he healed. Because the Spirit was on him.

…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and … he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him (Acts 10:38).

We have the same Spirit (check out Romans 8:11!) If Jesus healed by the Spirit, we can too. Suddenly John 14:12 makes sense. All we need is the Spirit, and we CAN do what he did.

If you’re not already filled with the Spirit, why not ask the Father right now?