Objection: Jesus Said to Say, “Thy Will Be Done,” Instead of Demanding Healing

Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).  We know that saints in heaven are not sick, because there is no crying and no pain there (Revelation 21:4).  The will of God is done in heaven.  Therefore, the will of God cannot be sickness.  If it were, the saints in heaven would still get sick.

This prayer is sometimes misinterpreted to mean that we should just throw up our hands and say, “Lord, I don’t know Your will concerning this trial of sickness, so I just ask that Your will be done here.”  Pray that and I can just about guarantee you that the will of Satan will be done in your body.  Satan will exploit your ignorance of the God’s will in the matter and leave you sick, thinking that it’s God’s will!

Of course, the person who said this believes that sickness is the will of God on earth but not in heaven.  That is exactly what Jesus contradicts in the very passage he cited!  We are to pray that the will of God be done on earth just as it is in heaven.  God does not have one will in heaven and another will here.  He does not deem sickness OK now but plan to deem it NOT OK after we all get to heaven.

If you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen the Father.  Jesus was God’s will in action.  He healed those who were oppressed of the devil (not of God) – Acts 10:38.  Satan is the sickener.  Jesus is the Healer.  It should be obvious to anyone with half a bit of sense that the will of God is healing, not sickness.  We don’t have to wonder about it.  Read the rest of this book if you still have doubts.  God has made it clear that he is your Physician who heals all your diseases (Exodus 15:26, Psalm 103:3).  The Word of God will make faith come and make doubt leave.

The sense in which we are to pray, “Thy will be done” is first to know God’s will and then pray that it be done!  You do not question God’s will when you pray.  To do so is to waver and be tossed about like ocean waves in the wind.  You must not think you will receive anything from the Lord then, according to James 1:5-8.

Jesus never told His followers to question the will of God in prayer.  His only use of an “if” was when He was consecrating Himself to the will of God in the garden.  Consecration should be your only use of “if” also.  When it comes to receiving something from God, you must first determine that God says that it is legally yours for the taking based on Scripture.  Then you believe that you receive it when you pray (Mark 11:24).

You don’t demand healing from God, anyway.  If you’re going to make a demand, demand that the devil’s sickness leave your body in the name of Jesus.  There is no need to “boss God around” on the matter.  He is perfectly willing to heal you right now and He has always been willing to do so.  You just might have found out about it now, just as you once found out about the new birth that had always been available to you.  You can pray in the name of Jesus and receive what God has already decided to give you.  God isn’t withholding your healing from you!

A further sub-objection has been made that it is inconsistent to pray, “Thy will be done on earth – healing – as it is in heaven,” because God’s will in heaven is having Jesus rule everyone on the earth from His throne, and this will not happen on the earth in this age.  To this I reply: Jesus did not set up a throne on earth during His earthly ministry and He did not pray for that to happen.  However, He did heal the sick and He did commission His followers to do the same.  Jesus said that He always did the things that pleased the Father (John 8:29).  The healing part of the will of the Father was being done on earth before His future rulership over the entire planet.  Because Jesus did the will of God, and Jesus healed the sick in this age, it is the will of God to heal the sick in this age.  Let us all pray that the known will of God – divine health – be done on earth in this age, as it is in heaven!