God's Recipe for Life and Health

I have observed that two things people strive for above anything else are life and health. Man continues the age-old search to find man-made remedies for sickness and disease. Billions of dollars are spent each year and thousands of lives are dedicated to find cures for various diseases that destroy the quality of people’s lives.

But God already gave us the remedy for every sickness and disease when He sent His Son, Jesus, into this world. Thank God, Jesus came to set us free from this suffering. God not only wants you to receive healing, but He also wants you to have a life that you enjoy.

In His Word God has given us a four-step recipe for making His blessings a reality in our lives. Here is “God’s Recipe for Life and Health.”

Let’s look at Proverbs 4:20-22:

My son, give attention to my words;

Incline your ear to my sayings.

Do not let them depart from your eyes;

Keep them in the midst of your heart;

For they are life to those who find them,

And health to all their flesh.

Here are four critical steps we find in this passage:

1.     Attend to My Words.

God is telling us that we can only find a good life and health through His Word. The Bible also says that Jesus is the living Word of God. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Jesus said:

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 NKJV

Jesus didn’t come to give mankind new rules to climb a heavenly stairway. Or to give us a new code of conduct. Or more religion. No, Jesus came to bring LIFE – so we might have life more abundantly!

This life only comes through the Word of God. Through the Word we discover we can be healed. Through it we discover we have authority over all the power of Satan. This is why we must give attention to these words if we want to enjoy the life and health that is in them.

2.     Incline your ear unto My sayings.

We must learn to open our ears to God’s sayings and to close our ears to everything else. Listen to what God has to say, not to the many voices in our world.

            - Doctor’s reports: they may make diagnoses according to their knowledge and training, but if it’s bad news, don’t accept it as the final word.

            - Well-meaning family and friends: they might think they’re giving advise that will help, but if it contradicts the Word of God, reject it.

            - Drug commercials or health articles: For people who are not depending on God, this is their only hope. But believers have a better remedy.

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Most people won’t know what you know from God’s Word, so they won’t have the faith to encourage you to believe what He says. Who you choose to listen to is a matter of life or death, health or sickness. So it’s vital to surround yourself with the right voices if you want to have a quality life.

3.     Do not let God’s Word depart from your eyes.

We are to look as well as listen. The Bible says to keep our vision fixed on Jesus.

Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. Heb 12:2 AMPC

How do we do this? By feeding upon the written Word of God. As we spend more time meditating in God’s Word, Jesus becomes more real to us. When it comes to healing, we must keep our eyes on the Word. For example, if symptoms attack my body, keeping my eyes on the Word is the only way to keep my attention off the symptoms. I will read and say healing scriptures out loud and picture myself with the healing that already belongs to me. Then I will lift my hands and worship the Lord because He is a wonderful Healer!

Romans 4:19 tells us that Abraham considered the condition of his and Sarah’s bodies when it came to having a child in their old age. However, he did not focus on that. We must develop our faith to the place where we no longer consult our bodies to determine if God’s Word is true. Hebrews 3:1 tells us what we should consider:

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus.

We consider Jesus by focusing on what God’s Word says!

4.     Keep God’s Words in the midst of your heart.

Walking in life and health always starts in your heart (your spirit). You must believe in your heart that you are healed before you will feel or see it. It’s a mistake to look at your body to see if you are healed.

The Bible says, “God is a Spirit” (John 4:24). Therefore, He heals you through your spirit. Divine healing always begins in your spirit and then is manifested in your body. Jesus said His Words are spirit: “The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).

And according to Proverbs 4:20-22, this life gets into your spirit by:

            - attending to the Word of God.

            - inclining your ear to the Word of God.

            - keeping the Word of God before your eyes.

            - keeping the Word of God in the midst of your heart.

It is only when the Word of God gets into your spirit, AND STAYS THERE, that those words become life and health to ALL your flesh.

Follow these four steps and you will see God’s blessings become a reality in your life. They are “God’s Recipe for Life and Health”!

I highly encourage you to get a copy of my new daily devotional, Healing Nuggets: 31 Days of God's Word for Health, Wholeness, and Peace, to help you meditate day and night. I believe it will be a blessing to your life.

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