Healed in Order to Serve

And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever. So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them. Matthew 8:14-15

God lets us know in this Scripture what our motive should be for wanting to be healed. We should want to get healed so God can use us in service to Him, not just so we can go play tennis or golf.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with tennis or golf, but our primary motives for wanting to be healed ought to be first, because Jesus purchased our healing with His own precious blood, and second, because we want to be able to serve God with all our strength.

When Samuel was sent to anoint David to be king, God said something to Samuel that shows how important right heart motives are to Him: “The Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7).

We need to keep our motives right. Wrong motives will keep us out of God’s blessing. James 4:3 says, “You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss [or with wrong motives].”

So keep your motives pure and your heart right, and then believe God for your healing. Faith inspired by right motives for healing and health will quickly move the hand of God!

CONFESSION:

The main purpose of my life is to minister to the Lord, putting my hand to the work He gives me to do. I thank God for healing me, that I might be effective and unhindered by pain, sickness and disease.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999