Good health is something many of us take for granted and never think about, until we get sick. When that happens, we’ve gotten in the habit of reaching for medication or seeing a doctor for relief. There’s nothing wrong with that, but Believers must not forget the origins of where true healing comes from. A sound mind and a healthy body keep us operating at peak efficiency, and they are blessings from God.

Many wise doctors ask the Great Physician to work through them, because they know that there are some things even they can’t fix. Healing is more than just prescribing medications and performing surgery. The world’s medical and psychological communities now admit to the powerful effect the mind has on healing. This is confirmed in the Word of God. “A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones” (Proverbs 14:30, AMP).

We can use the keen, intelligent minds God gave us to either believe in His healing power, or think ourselves into illness. We’ve all heard of cases where a person entertains such negative, hateful thoughts over a long period of time that they eventually develop ulcers, or even clinical depression or mental illness. Periodically we hear of someone dying of a broken heart, after losing a loved one. The mind and the heart are connected, and God heals both. “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).

During Jesus’ earthly ministry, He healed those who believed He was able to do so because of Who He was. Their faith connected them to His amazing power. “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed” (Matthew 8:2, 3). “Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped” (Luke 8:43, 44, NKJV). Whether God touches us or we reach out and touch Him, real healing takes place by faith.

Without a heartfelt belief in the divine power of healing, all the medicine in the world won’t work. God doesn’t want to see us sick, and when we agree with Him on this, a marvelous power is unleashed. “And He came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all” (Luke 6:17-19, NKJV). Although Jesus was God in human form, He was always willing to come down to the level of ordinary people to perform healing. It was true then, and it’s true now.

Everything we experience in the natural world originates in the spiritual world, and God’s Word brings healing on many different levels. He restores our physical, spiritual, and emotional balance like no one else can. When God touches our mind and spirit, we are healed.