The Healing of Joanna

Today I am reading about Joanna - one of Jesus' closest disciples, an upper-class Jewish Believer who used her finances to support Jesus and His ministry, and who was faithful to Jesus to the very end. She was one of the 3 women at the tomb who went to clean his dead body, only to find He was raised to life! Hallelujah!! In reading about how she came to follow Jesus we become aware that He healed her from illness. This illness, the bible says, was brought on by "evil spirits" and "infirmities," so was no doubt a healing by deliverance. This is a good reminder of how the Kingdom of God deals with illness. In the Western world, we have access to every type of treatment at our fingertips. They did not have these advancements in those days. In fact, much of the world doesn't have the luxury or accessibility of modern medicine. So, let us be encouraged today, the things we think we need may be different than what God knows we need. Let us seek Him, His Kingdom, and His righteousness first. Listen to His still small voice about true healing and be made free - Whom the Son makes free is free indeed (John 8:36)! 

Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance. Luke 8:1-3