Keeping faith strong in God’s healing promises is one of the greatest challenges you’ll face when walking through a long-term illness or disability.

In my last post, I talked about how Jesus healed deaf and mute people in the Bible. In this post, I want to share ways to keep your faith strong when you’re waiting for your healing miracle.

As someone who has been legally blind since birth and now lives as a quadriplegic, I wake up every morning with a burning question: “Is this the day You finish Your work of healing me? Through it all, I’ve learned how to keep my faith anchored in God’s promises.

If you’re battling an illness that doctors say is incurable, if you’re facing a condition that medical professionals have given up on, or if you’re simply tired of waiting for God’s healing power to manifest in your body, this post is for you. Let’s explore how to keep faith strong wind waiting on God feels endless.

Keep My Faith Strong in God’s Healing Promises

I believe there’s tremendous power in speaking God’s promises over your situation. When you declare Scripture over your body, you’re not trying to manipulate God or force His hand. You’re coming into agreement with what He’s already said about healing.

Every morning, I speak healing over my body. I declare Psalm 103:2-3: “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” I proclaim Isaiah 53:5: “By His stripes we are healed.” I quote 1 Peter 2:24: “By His wounds you have been healed.”

These aren’t magic formulas or positive thinking techniques. They’re declarations of faith based on God’s Word. When you speak these promises, several things happen:

First, your faith increases. God’s promises build confidence in your heart. Second, you’re resisting the enemy’s lies about your condition. Third, you’re aligning your words with God’s will for your life.

Keep My Faith Strong in God’s Character

God never changes (Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17). His promises from the Old Testament to the New Testament do not change with time. If Jesus healed people in the first century, He can and will do it today.

Everything God has promised, He will do. He is always good all the time. He never fails. He has the perfect time for your healing. Trust in His unchanging character, wondrous works in the past, and stepping into history to change people’s lives. He did it once and He will do it again.

Keep My Faith Strong in the In Between

We live in the “already but not yet” of Scripture. Jesus has already defeated sickness, disease, and death through His death and resurrection. The victory is complete. But we don’t yet see the full manifestation of that victory in our physical bodies.

This isn’t an excuse for why healing doesn’t happen immediately. It’s a biblical reality that helps us understand where we stand. Jesus told us that signs and wonders would follow those who believe (Mark 16:17-18), and we see this happening throughout the Gospels and Acts. At the same time, we live in bodies that are subject to decay and sickness until Jesus returns.

When I say “God hasn’t healed me yet,” I’m not expressing doubt – I’m expressing faith. That little word “yet” carries tremendous power. It acknowledges my present reality while asserting my confidence in God’s future work.

Living in this tension between promise and fulfillment is where faith grows strongest. We’re not just believing for healing – we’re believing in the God who heals.

Keep My Faith Strong in God’s Timing

The enemy uses time against our faith. He whispers, “If God was going to heal you, He would have done it by now.” This is a lie straight from the pit of hell. Faith operates outside the boundaries of time because it’s rooted in God’s eternal character and works.

I’ve been praying for my complete healing for over eleven years now. That’s a long time to wait. But faith doesn’t depend on time. Abraham waited 25 years for Isaac. Moses waited 40 years in the wilderness before leading Israel out of Egypt. Joseph waited years in prison before his dreams came to pass.

God’s timing is perfect, even when we can’t see it. His delays are not denials. Every day you don’t receive your healing is another day for your faith to grow stronger, God to work in ways you can’t see, and His glory to be revealed in your life.

Your faith is like an iceberg. The storms of life may batter the part above water – your emotions, your circumstances, and your physical condition. But the massive foundation of your faith remains unmoved beneath the surface, planted firmly on Jesus your Rock.

The hardest part of keeping faith strong is trusting God’s timing. We want healing now. We’ve been patient long enough. We’re tired of waiting. But God’s schedule is not our schedule, and His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9).

I don’t know why God hasn’t healed me yet. I don’t understand His timing. But I know His character, and I trust His love. Maybe someone needed to witness my faith journey. Maybe I needed to learn something I couldn’t learn any other way. Maybe the timing just isn’t right yet.

What I do know is that God’s promises are sure. He has never failed to keep His word. What He starts, He finishes (Philippians 1:6). The same God who promised Abraham a son, who delivered Israel from Egypt, who raised Jesus from the dead, is the God who has promised to heal your body.

Keep My Faith Strong in God’s Word

You must trust more in God’s Word them in your trial, your illness, and your disability. His Word is eternal, has never failed, and tells you the truth about your circumstances. Trust God’s Word more than your experiences. God does what He promises.

God’s Word is your certainty, your truth, and your reality. What it says is more true than what you experience. Think of God’s Word as God’s finished work and plan for you. Your experience has just not caught up to God’s Word.

Keep My Faith Strong with Hope

If faith is the engine that propels us forward through trials, hope is the fuel that powers it. Hope gives us assurance that God will fulfill His promises even when we can’t see how or when.

Hope looks beyond present circumstances to future realities. It sees what God has promised rather than what our eyes can see. Hope sustains us in the waiting period between God’s promise and its fulfillment.

When hope begins to fade, feed it with God’s Word. Read the healing accounts in the Gospels and Acts. Study the promises of Scripture. Remember how God has been faithful in the past. Hope will rise again as you fill your mind with truth rather than doubt.

Praying for Your Healing

Mighty Jesus, I bring before You my brother or sister who is struggling to keep faith strong while waiting for healing. You know the battles they face – the discouragement, the doubt, the weariness of waiting. Strengthen their faith today. Remind them of Your faithful character and Your healing power. Help them to speak Your promises. Surround them with faith warriors who will stand with them in prayer. Give them joy in the midst of their trial and hope that will not disappoint. Help them to trust Your perfect timing and Your perfect love. Whether You heal them today or they must wait longer, let their faith remain strong and their hope unwavering. In Jesus’s powerful name, Amen.

Up Next

We’ve explored how to keep faith strong in God’s healing promises. Next, I want to examine the authority Jesus gave you over sickness and how to exercise your authority..

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