Imagine Healing: If You Can See It, You Can Receive It

Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.  (Jeremiah 32:17)

No matter what you are facing today, nothing is too big for God.

Knowing that God can handle anything we face is comforting. He is bigger than any problem we will ever face. However, receiving help is not determined only by what God can do. It is also determined by what we can believe.

Jesus confirmed this when talking with the father of a boy who had epilepsy. He said in Mark 9:22-23:

And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."

There is a process involved in believing. Believing is necessary to receive anything from God. But before we can believe, we must lay hold of the hope that is set before us in the promises of God! Hope is the starting point for receiving. We could say that hope is the blueprint for faith to build upon.

Hebrews 11:1 says:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith will give substance to the things we hope for. This takes place as we find the promises of God, think about them, and meditate upon them. Meditation requires imagination. God actually gave us an imagination so that we could see things by the spirit that do not yet exist in the natural realm. He gave us the ability to imagine just how big He is in us!

We have to imagine ourselves with what God promises. If you need healing, imagine yourself completely whole and doing things you have been unable to do. The more you meditate, or imagine yourself with what God promises, the bigger it will become on the inside of you than what you see on the outside.

Now, I have to warn you that the devil won’t just let you imagine yourself healed and blessed without a fight. He knows the power of imagination, so he will insert images of you never recovering, or even dying. If you meditate upon those images for very long, you will fail to receive healing.

You see, the battleground where healing is won or lost is not on the streets. It is in the mind! Not every thought we have comes from God. There are some images that must be kept, and some that must be cast down in order to receive healing.

2 Corinthians 10:5 tells us:

casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Arguments are human reasoning, philosophies, and ideas that oppose God's truth. These arguments will eventually lead to images of who you are and what you have if they are not cast down. If you allow an image of getting worse or dying to get inside of you, it will be impossible to receive healing, even though it is the perfect will of God. That is because the result will be unbelief. Although God is bigger than sickness, He will not violate a man’s belief system.

This world system is governed by Satan, and his thoughts come to pressure people to doubt God. We have a full time job resisting and casting down wrong thoughts and replacing them with God’s thoughts. “Bringing every thought into captivity” is from a Greek word that is a military term. It means to arrest or seize.

This tells us we are not to be passive about this process. We are to actively capture rebellious thoughts and bring them into alignment with God’s word. In order to do this, we must have a heart full of the Word of God.

We can see now the importance of Proverbs 4:20-23:

 My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence,

For out of it spring the issues of life.

It’s not enough to just stop wrong thoughts. We must replace them with the Word of God. When wrong thoughts come and we recognize them, we must immediately speak to them and say:

            “That’s not my thought! I refuse that lie!”

            “I believe God, and God said, “By His stripes I was healed.”

This process is called “renewing the mind”. One of the greatest needs of every believer is to renew their mind to think like God thinks. The more you embrace God’s thoughts, the more you will enjoy His benefits. When you begin to see that God in you is bigger than the sickness, it won’t be long before the sickness disappears!

If you're in the Aurora/Naperville area and are looking for a church that teaches the uncompromising Word of God, we invite you to visit Abundant Life Family Church. As a Word and Spirit church, we are committed to helping believers grow in faith, experience the power of God, and walk in His promises. Our services are filled with dynamic worship, Bible-based teaching, and an atmosphere where the Holy Spirit moves. Whether you’re searching for a church home or seeking a deeper relationship with God, we welcome you to join us and be part of a thriving community of faith!