Paul in 2 Corinthians 12 asked to be healed three times and three times it did not happen. Was it Pauls faith or lack thereof which prevented it? No and Paul says so. What was his thorn in the flesh? Some think maybe partial blindness.
GOD wants us all to be healed spiritually for life eternal. Our aches, pains, illness are of this imperfect world and shell pass away just as our bodies pass away. These imperfect bodies are not forever. The eternal soul however lives on and for those who believe and accept GOD's plan of healing from sin they are healed eternal as the spirit being is removed from the cursed {from Eden} carnal body.
cva66snipe not all will be healed, but that does not mean it’s not God’s will. Just as all will not be saved, but it is God’s will that all be saved. And it is a matter of faith, but not just faith also the power of God. How many times did Jesus say “According to your faith be it unto you.” And Paul did not have a physical sickness he said, “A messenger of Satan” that is an evil spirit not sickness. And God is concerned with our physical healing all you have to do is look at Jesus, he spent a lot of his time healing physical bodies.
“What was his thorn in the flesh? Some think maybe partial blindness.”
2 Corinth 12 Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
The thorn in the flesh is a personal demon that keeps the ego in check to it allows room for God. For when one is full of themselves, they have no room for God. This is also the reason for the parable of the new wine in the old flask and you can’t patch an old garment with new cloth. You must get rid of the old in order to make room for the new.
St Theresa of Avila spoke of her personal demons as the reptiles, it’s the reason that the Hindu statue of Shiva not only shows the ring of fire around him, but the malignant dwarf under his right foot. These personal demons are very real and they are a constant battle for me. I can physically feel them moving in and out through the arches in my feet and then into cramping my lower legs until I push them out again. It’s my safety reminder to keep my thoughts pure.
You usually encounter these demons face to face as you are about to enter the dark-night-of-the-soul. They are there to block you from entering the tunnel of light and to try to get you to turn back. They are as slippery as all get out as they use your ego against you.