Lesson 17: Healing Isn’t Always Instant, Sometimes You Have to Walk It Out

When I first became a Christian, healing seemed to come quickly.I would pray, fast, and watch God move with power and speed. I remember my first long fast with the Lord, three consecutive 21-day Daniel fasts, making 63 days in total. At the end of it, my body was healed from PCOS.

I know doctors say that PCOS cannot be healed, and I am a doctor, yes, but I have seen firsthand what God can do. Even after weight loss and regaining it, my cycles have remained completely regular. The pain, the discomfort, the bloating, the hormonal imbalance that ruled my body for years are gone. The heartbreak of feeling disconnected from my own body has been replaced with peace and restoration. All of that began in the first few months of walking intentionally with Christ.

You can watch me share more about that part of my journey here: How I Lost 30 Pounds and Began Healing from PCOS. I also offering coaching for PCOS here.

I was in awe of God’s power, and I got used to His suddenlies. For a while, healing felt instant.But as I grew in my walk with God, something changed.The miracles did not stop, but the way they came did. Healing began to look less like lightning and more like rain, steady, gentle, and spread over time.

There were seasons when I asked God, “Why can’t You just fix this now?”Sometimes He would whisper, “Because I am growing you.”Other times, He was completely silent.And those were the times that hurt the most.Even when I could not trace His hand, I had to trust His heart.

In Lesson 16, Healing Is a Process, I talked about how God heals in layers, touching one part of us at a time so that what He restores will hold. This lesson feels like the next step in that journey. Because while some wounds are healed in moments, others require movement, a continual walking with God through the process until we are strengthened by it.

That is when I learned that healing is not only about restoration, it is about maturity.God can heal the body in a moment and the soul in a moment too, but sometimes He allows time to be part of the process because time builds muscle. Time develops trust. Time matures love.

It is like going to the gym. You do not build strength by lifting the weight once. You build it through repetition, resistance, and endurance. And just like physical muscle, spiritual muscle requires tension to grow. God uses time as resistance training for the soul. Each prayer, each test, each moment of waiting adds weight to your faith until you can carry what He is calling you to steward.

“Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” 

— James 1:4

When God allows healing to unfold slowly, it is not because He cannot do it instantly. It is because He is forming something deeper, maturity, stability, and endurance. He is strengthening you to sustain what He is healing. The truth is, maturity cannot be microwaved. And God is not interested in shallow wholeness; He is building a mature bride. One who knows how to walk through valleys and still worship. One who does not just seek healing, but carries it.

“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.”

 — Philippians 2:12–13

There are times God heals in an instant, I have experienced it.And there are times He heals through process, I have lived that too.Both are holy. Both are miraculous. Both reveal His character.

If your healing feels slow, do not mistake the pace for His absence.He is still in the room. He is not just touching your pain; He is strengthening your faith. You are not being delayed. You are being developed.

Conclusion

For my 30’s, I am learning that time is not the enemy of healing; it is the environment for maturity. God uses time to make us strong, steady, and sure. Because when we walk it out with Him, we do not just become healed, we become whole.

Now that you know, let’s grow,

- Kimrose🌹