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Do you find it easier to stand in faith for others to receive healing than it is to believe for yourself to receive it? Sometimes, it’s far easier to believe God wants and wills to heal someone else, isn’t it? But the truth is it is God’s will to heal you.

When Jesus walked the earth, He assured of this saying:

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 6:38, NKJV).

“The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does” (John 5:19, NIV).

“For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken” (John 12:49, NIV).

If Jesus came from heaven to only do the will of His Father, to only speak what His Father told Him to speak, and to do only what His Father told Him to do, what is it that we see on the pages of Scripture that Jesus spent His time doing?

Matthew 10 gives us a very clear picture: “And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease…. These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: ‘Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give’” (Matthew 10:1, 5-8, NKJV).

Luke 10 tells us more: “Now after this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit)” (Luke 10:1, AMPC).

Then Jesus goes on to say: “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house…. And heal the sick that are therein” (Luke 10:2-9, KJV).

From these Scriptures, there should be no doubt, no argument, no wondering whether it is God’s will to heal the sick. These verses give you the assurance needed that it is God’s will to heal you. God is for you, and He wants you to settle this in your heart, so you can receive your healing!

The Misuse of Praying, “If it be Your will…”

If all this is true—and it is—then why do some people pray with the phrase, “If it be Your will, God, please heal…”? Perhaps, they get this phrase from when Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, right before He was to be arrested and eventually hung on the cross. He prayed to His heavenly Father saying, “If it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42, NKJV).

It’s important to understand that Jesus wasn’t praying about healing. He wasn’t asking His heavenly Father to heal His body, because He wasn’t sick. Rather, He was fully the Son of God who knew what He was about to experience as fully man—His crucifixion. As Kenneth Copeland has said, “Jesus still had flesh, but the glory of God was flowing in His veins. He poured His blood out on the heavenly mercy seat so that we could be healed and well.”

Nowhere in Scripture did Jesus demonstrate for us to pray, “If it be Your will,” in relationship to healing; therefore, it should not be a part of how we pray when we want God to heal us. Rather, we should pray according to, and in alignment with, the Word of God, which clearly shows us it is God’s will to heal every single one of us!

We Receive Our Healing by Faith

When Cornelius the centurion sent word for Jesus to come and heal his servant, he left his home and met Jesus as He was on His way (Luke 7:1-6). Cornelius told Jesus that he was not worthy for Jesus to come under his roof, “but say the Word and let my servant be healed.” To which Jesus marveled and said, “’I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!’ And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well who had been sick” (Luke 7:7-10, NKJV).

Later, after Jesus was in heaven, Peter preached in Cornelius’ house saying, “…how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38, NKJV).

We Receive Our Healing by Speaking Our Faith

Matthew records the centurion as saying to Jesus, “Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed” (Matthew 8:8, KJV). 

To receive our healing by faith, we speak faith. We speak faith by speaking the Word of God. We pray it. We confess it. We profess it. We declare it. And we do that until we receive it. Until we have manifestation of our healing.

Do you want to be healed? Do you believe it is God’s will to heal you? Start speaking it out of your mouth!

Read 5 Confessions of Faith for Receiving YOUR Healing here.

Jesus Is Still Willing

In Mark 1:32-39, Jesus was doing what His Father said to do—He was healing the sick.

“At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him [Jesus] all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.”

The next morning, He spent time with His heavenly Father, to hear what to do next and then He did it.

“Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him. When they found Him, they said to Him, ‘Everyone is looking for You.’

“But He said to them, ‘Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.’

“And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.”

Next, the Scripture tells us the best news of all because it shows us how Jesus is always willing to heal.

“Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, ‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’

“Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed” (Mark 1:40-42).

Jesus Is Willing To Heal You Today

Jesus is willing to heal you—no matter your affliction. In Luke 5, He healed a man who had a stroke, something we might think isn’t reversible. In John 5, He healed the man who had laid by the pool of Bethesda for 38 years. How long you’ve been sick doesn’t matter. In Luke 8, He healed a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years, who’d spent her savings on medical treatment, who risked it all to reach Him. However your condition makes you feel mentally, emotionally or physically doesn’t matter. Jesus cares about you in every way—and it is His will to heal you. Even if it’s a miracle that you need.

Do you need a healing miracle? Receive now the assurance that it is God’s will to heal you, and receive your miracle today. Have faith in God. Isn’t that what Jesus said? “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22, KJV). This also can be accurately translated as, “Have the faith of God, or have the God kind of faith.” Doesn’t the faith we have come from God to begin with? Yes. (See Romans 12:3). So use the faith God gave you to receive from Him what He willingly has given you—your healing, your miracle!

There is a God solution to every problem you will ever face and for every situation you will ever walk through. What’s more, as a believer, you are anointed to solve problems. We need to rely on God and His Word with finding the key issue to any problem. The Word tells us in the Old Testament that Daniel had an excellent spirit, which meant he knew how to solve problems—and the way he did it is available to us today.

“There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.

“Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means” (Daniel 5:11-12, NIV)

Like Daniel, we are anointed to solve difficult problems, and the way we solve problems is the same way Daniel did—with God’s wisdom. Did you see that in verse 11? Daniel was found to have insight, intelligence and wisdom.

• Are you facing something that you aren’t sure how to resolve?
• Are there situations putting pressure on you?
• Are there issues that have been totally consuming your thinking?
• Are there problems keeping you up at night? And then talking to you when you wake up in the morning?

Sometimes, it can seem like the devil is sitting at the foot of your bed just waiting for you to wake up, so he can incite fear and worry before your feet hit the floor. The good news is that you don’t have to live like that, ever. You are already anointed to discover the answer you need, and the answer begins with getting God’s wisdom. Proverbs 4:7-13 makes this clear:

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straightened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life” (KJV).

Reread that first line. “Wisdom is the principal thing.” With whatever you’re facing right now; whatever is going on in your life; whatever is keeping you awake at night; whatever is talking to you first thing in the morning; wisdom is the principal thing that you need.

Proverbs 4:7 in the New Living Translation tells us, “Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.”

So What Is Wisdom Exactly?

Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge. Colossians 1:9 says, “For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things” (AMPC).

What a great working definition of wisdom: “the comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God.” Comprehensive means “complete.” Insight means “the ability to clearly see into a situation.”

God has comprehensive coverage—comprehensive insight—for you for every aspect of every situation you’re facing or ever will face. He has everything covered! There’s not one problem in your life that’s ever taken Him by surprise, and He knows how to fix every single one of them. To finding the key issue to any problem, we need to ask Him for His wisdom.

Wisdom Gets to the Heart of the Matter

Proverbs 2:6-7 says, “For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity” (AMPC).

Wisdom is the principal thing that gets to the heart of the matter every time. You could say it this way: Every situation has a key issue. For example, years ago, Brother Copeland suffered from severe joint pain. So, he took it to the Lord in prayer and asked Him, “What is the key issue to this?”

Brother Copeland had plenty of ideas of what he could take for the joint pain or rub on it, but he wanted God’s mind on it. At the time, Brother Copeland was drinking 16 cups of coffee a day. When he heard the Lord tell him the answer, it was with three words: “Stop drinking coffee.” That was the key issue. That was the wisdom of God. So he stopped, and the joint pain he was experiencing stopped.

Has the Lord told you to stop doing something or start doing something that’s possibly connected to the problem you want solved? Then do it. That’s God giving you His wisdom; that’s God giving you the key issue to resolve the problem.

3 Steps To Finding the Key Issue To Any Problem

When we gain understanding of the key issue of any matter, we’re experiencing the wisdom of God—and the wisdom of God is what guides us to the answer, if we’ll let it. It’s so important to not let the pressure of any problem or situation pull you off course and away from God’s answer. Pressure will eat you up, won’t it? Pressure will make you do things you later regret. Pressure will lie to you and cause you to make wrong decisions. So get God’s wisdom first and resist the pressure to do otherwise.

To help you, here are three steps to finding the key issue to any problem:

1. Commit one to three days to pray about that one problem keeping you up at night and nothing else.

Pastors George and Terri Pearsons did this years ago when they were in debt and wanted to be debt free. In those three days, God showed them the key issue. He gave them His wisdom, and that wisdom empowered them to become debt free. James 1:5 promises us, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (NIV). God gives us wisdom liberally when we ask for it.

When we set time aside like this, and focus on only one issue, Brother Copeland has said, “The LORD will take care of all the other issues as you focus on the one.”

2. Pray out the wisdom of God (or key issue) in tongues.

First Corinthians 14:2 (AMPC) promises us: “For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding].”

When we pray in tongues, God is faithful to give us the interpretation. When we pray in the spirit, we speak God’s wisdom, we speak out mysteries, and God then reveals those mysteries and His wisdom to us. Brother Oral Roberts said that praying in tongues is dipping the bucket down into the well of wisdom and knowledge, and pulling it back up.

3. Pray until you know what to do.

Ephesians 1:16-18 (KJV) says, “[I] cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.”

Time can be your friend or your enemy. If you owe a certain amount of money by a specific date, for example, what will you do between now and that moment? You can either worry and get no sleep, or you can pray in the Holy Spirit, building yourself up in your most holy faith (Jude 20) and allowing the wisdom of God to flow through you. You get to decide what to do with your time, because you are the one who tells time what to do. The best decision is to say, “Time, I do not serve you; you serve me.”

As you put all this into practice, remember not to make a move until you have received the wisdom of God. And add to all this the revelation gifts of the Spirit: the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and the discerning of spirits (1 Corinthians 12:8-10). As you do, the answer will come, and when it does, it will look like the easiest thing you’ve ever done. That doesn’t mean it will be easy, but wisdom has a way of changing our perspective and our hearts to want to do what God says and to do it His way.

Learn more about wisdom and finding the key issue in these BVOV broadcasts with Pastors George and Terri Pearsons HERE.