By His Wounds We Are Healed

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

This verse isn’t written in past tense as something that might happen someday—it’s a statement of truth. We are healed. Whether we believe it or not, whether it has manifested in this earthly realm or not, it remains true: by His wounds, we are healed.

But what happens when we still suffer from the diseases that ail us? What do we do when the symptoms linger and the medication remains part of our daily routine? How can God tell us we are something when we don’t yet see or experience the reality of His promise?

I think the same way we are saved—by being sure of what we cannot see (Hebrews 11:1)—we must also walk in healing, even when it cannot be seen. Scripture tells us that we “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). I believe that can also mean we walk by faith and not by how we feel, not by what we see in the natural realm, or even by the doctor’s report in front of us.

If it were easy, we wouldn’t have to fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12). And if we all had the answers to pain and suffering, there would be no need to trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5).

I sometimes think of life as one long classroom of faith. The first test we ever pass is the moment we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior—that’s the entry point. From there, it’s not about perfection but about growing in wisdom and understanding.

Some believers seem to walk in such closeness with God that self fades away and Christ shines fully through them (Galatians 2:20). Others love Him deeply but still wrestle to surrender those last pieces of self-reliance or fear—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).

Wherever we are, the goal isn’t to “get an A,” but to keep learning under the Master Teacher—to grow in grace, to stay teachable, and to let His Spirit form Christ in us day by day (2 Timothy 2:15).

My prayer is to stay in the classroom of grace—never assuming I’ve “arrived,” but always learning, always yielding, always letting Him write truth on the tablets of my heart.