When we realize God can’t heal singlehandedly, we make sense of Jesus’ words about faith. These words point to the role creation must play. When Jesus says, “Your faith has made you well,” he’s saying, “You’ve cooperated with God’s healing love.” And when Matthew says Jesus “did not do many miracles (in Nazareth) because of their lack of faith” (Mt. 13:58), that’s saying, “Some people do not cooperate with God’s healing efforts.”
