Hide God’s word in your heart (2)

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds.
Scriptures on divine healing are worth hiding in your heart against the onslaught of sickness and disease. Because of Satan, sin, ignorance, negligence, breaking of natural and spiritual laws of maintaining good health, and our corporate solidarity with this fallen world , sickness and disease will attack us from time to time. Now, since we know that we are prone to sickness and disease of different kinds we need to prepare against ill-health. One way of preparing against the attack of sickness is to have medical cover. The Bible is not against medicine. It can work as a faith-aid to believers trusting God for restoration of health.

But there is also divine healing. Divine healing happens in two major ways namely healing by the operation of gifts of healing, and healing by faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ. When an anointed servant of God, who is gifted in divine healing, preaches on healing or prays for the sick, healing occurs. This kind of healing does not strictly require faith. The presence of the sick in the place where the healing power is present can be enough. It is therefore advisable that a sick person gets to healing meetings. Elders or pastors can be called to pray a prayer of faith for the healing of a sick person in homes or hospitals. This is a healing ordinance stated in James chapter five. Healing by operation of gifts is effective. However, it is limited in the sense that a certain anointed and gifted agent does the work of healing in the name of Jesus. If that person is not there, you lack help. The Bible records very few healing accounts where the faith of the sick person was not strictly required.

The best divine healing method is by developed faith. The gospels show that most of the healings administered by Jesus Christ demanded faith. Whoever was sick and demonstrated his or her faith in God’s power to heal through words or actions was healed. The healing was sometimes instant and other times gradual. Jesus stressed the importance of faith by declaring to the healed, “Your faith has made you well.” Jesus is no longer here physically but God’s promises of healing abound in His word. Faith for healing comes by hearing God’s word on healing. If you are sick and expect God to heal you, then you need to saturate your heart, mouth and eyes with scriptures about God’s promise to heal you.

This takes a lot of patience and time and practice. And the right time to hide God’s word of faith in your heart is when you are well and strong. When sickness attacks, you will have a reservoir of spiritual power to resist it. But if you have no deposit in your heart of healing scriptures, you will have nothing to draw on. This is the mistake most sick people do that causes them to doubt this faith business. Your faith is your healing.
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