Condition: Infertility
Though this is not often preached, infertility (inability to have children) is one of the most-discussed problems in Scripture. God has proved again and again that He wants to heal those who cannot have children. So to think that He wouldn’t do it for you is a misconception that is almost inconceivable.
In Psalm 113:9, God declares that he makes the barren woman become the joyful mother of children.
In Genesis 20:17-18, Abimelech’s household is unable to bear children as a curse for the impropriety of having Sarah stay there. Thus, God declares barrenness to be a curse. When things are made right, God opens wombs. You are “made right” by Jesus’ blood, so you have the right to have an open womb.
In Genesis 21:1-2, Sarah, who is way too old to have children and is childless, bears a son when God intervenes. A reminder of this is found in Hebrews 11:11.
In Genesis 25:21, God graciously answers Isaac’s prayer and his barren wife conceives. (In fact, she was pregnant with twins; Genesis 25:24 states, “And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.”) If He would honor Isaac’s prayer under the Old Covenant, surely He would honor yours under the New Covenant.
In Genesis 30:22-23, Rachel is made able to bear children after a long time of being jealous of Leah.
In Exodus 23:25-26, God promises obedient Israel that there would not only be no sickness among them, but also no barrenness or miscarriages! Surely His blessings have not decreased under our new and better covenant (Hebrews 7:22).
In Deuteronomy 7:12-15, God promises to bless the fruit of your womb (children), so there must be some to bless. He then said that there would be no childless male or female among you or your animals, and that He would take all sickness away.
In Deuteronomy 28:4, God pronounces a blessing on the fruit of your body (your children). This would be impossible if you could not have kids!
In Judges 13:2-3,24, a certain woman is barren, and God gives her Samson.
In 1 Samuel 1, Hannah cannot bear children. She prays to the Lord, and the Lord gives her Samuel. Hannah then praises God, in the midst of which she talks about the barren woman bearing seven children (1 Samuel 2:5).
In 2 Kings 4:12-17, a Shunammite woman is blessed with a child after taking care of the prophet of God.
Proverbs 30:15-16 lists the following things that are never satisfied: The grave, the barren womb, the earth that is not filled with water, and the fire that never says it is enough. Thus, the implication is that the barren womb cries out for children.
In Luke 1:7, Elisabeth was barren, and God gave her John the Baptist. Isn’t it interesting how many heroes of faith could never even have been born without God’s intervention!
In Leviticus 20:20-21, dying childless is a curse for incest. If God considers barrenness a curse, so should we! It is possible that the childless death would be soon due to execution; this is not quite clear. “And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.”
Psalm 127:3-5:
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
If you had to be childless, all the large number of blessings on your children would be meaningless. For example:
Psalm 128:3-4:
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
It is clearly the will of God that women be able to bear children. (I hope that it is superfluous to point out that it is also the will of God that they be married first!) If you are unable to have children, you have the right to be healed in your body so that you can! It is a covenant right.