We've spent the last few days examining the name Jehovah-Rapha, the Lord who heals. We have read a lot of Scripture. We have seen that Jehovah-Rapha heals physical, emotional, and spiritual sickness. We have seen that there can be a correlation between sin and sickness. We also learned that all sickness is not due to personal sin. What we have not touched on yet, and a point I think is important to note, is that God does not always heal in the way we would like Him to.
I'm sure we all know people who suffer from disease and continue to suffer rather than being healed. Maybe you are one of those people. Does this alter the truths we have learned? Not at all. The truth is that Jehovah-Rapha is the Lord who heals. The truth is that Jehovah-Rapha is also El Elyon, God Most High, sovereign over all. The truth is that He has a plan and purpose for every situation of life. The truth is that His way is best. The truth is that He knows what He is doing. The truth is that we won't always understand it. But the truth is also that we can trust Him. Even when we don't understand.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)
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