Be Made Whole

The doctors had given up on her, her own people spurned her and she had no money left. Yet she took a bold step to venture out in the open and at the end of it all she heard the precious words, “Your faith has made you whole.” She wasn’t only just healed from twelve years of hemorrhaging, but she could now mingle with her people once more and she would have money to spend on things other than doctors. Jesus had just given her her life back.

He sat in his usual place at the roadside begging, depending on the moods of strangers to determine if he had a good day or not. Most of his days were not good. After all, he was the son of Timaeus – the man whose name means foul and defiled – and to top it off he was blind. But when he heard that Voice he threw off his garment – the garment that for so many years had identified him as a blind beggar. In anticipation of his healing he removed it, and the stigma it carried. Jesus said to Bartimaeus, “Your faith has made you whole.”

He had uttered the word ‘unclean’ so often to warn people that he was in their vicinity and to give them a chance to get away from him. But now he didn’t need to say that dreadful word anymore. He had a new word on his lips – thank You. Jesus said to the Samaritan who had been healed of leprosy, “Your faith has made you whole.”

I believe that being made whole is not limited just to the relief from the illness or affliction. I know that if Bartimaeus or the woman or the former leper had anything else wrong with them that Jesus took care of those ailments also. Jesus does not do things partially and that is why He said to them that they were now whole. Wholeness is completeness in every area of your life – your body, your mind, your spirit, your relationships, your giftings, your finances, your future……..everything, with nothing lacking.

Do you need the Lord to make you whole? Can you believe that He will remove all affliction from you? Follow the example of these three people.
1. Take a bold step of faith regardless of what those around you might say to deter you.
2. At the Lord’s leading, throw off that thing that identifies you with the affliction.
3. Make sure that you thank the Lord for your healing.

Be made whole.