By His Wounds We Are Healed

“By His wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)

A Truth Written in Present Tense

This verse isn’t written as a wish, a hope, or something that might happen someday — it’s a statement of truth:

We are healed.

Whether we believe it or not,
whether we see it in our bodies or not,
whether it has manifested in this earthly realm or not…

It remains true:
By His wounds, we are healed.

But What About When Symptoms Remain?

What happens when sickness lingers?
What do we do when medication stays part of our daily routine?
How can God speak healing over us when our current reality looks nothing like wholeness?

The same way we were saved —
by being sure of what we cannot see (Hebrews 11:1) —
I believe we must also walk in healing even when we cannot yet see it.

Scripture tells us:

“We walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7

Sometimes that means we walk by faith and not by how we feel,
not by what we see in the natural,
and not even by the doctor’s report sitting in front of us.

The Fight of Faith Is Real

If walking out God’s promises were easy,
we wouldn’t be instructed to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12).

And if we naturally understood every mystery of suffering and healing,
there would be no need to:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5

Faith is not denial of reality —
it’s choosing to hold onto a greater reality.

Life as a Classroom of Faith

Sometimes I think of life as one long classroom of faith.
The first test we ever pass is the moment we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. That’s our entry point.

From there, it’s not about perfection.
It’s about growth —
learning, being shaped, gaining wisdom and understanding.

Some believers walk in such closeness with God that self fades,
and Christ shines so fully through them (Galatians 2:20).

Others love Him deeply but still wrestle to surrender those final pieces of fear or self-reliance — something all of us can relate to (Hosea 4:6).

And some, like the servant who buried his one talent, never quite step into what God placed within them (Matthew 25:14–30).

We’re each somewhere in that journey.

Growing Under the Master Teacher

Wherever we are in our walk, the goal isn’t to “arrive.”
It’s to keep learning.
To grow in grace.
To remain teachable.
To let His Spirit form Christ within us, day by day (2 Timothy 2:15).

My Prayer

My prayer is to stay in the classroom of grace —
never assuming I’ve mastered anything,
never believing I have all the answers,
but continually yielding, learning, and allowing Him to write truth
on the tablets of my heart.