God's Word Heals

Divine healing is always the will of God for mankind. In the same way that God does not want any person to perish eternally, He does not want His precious people to suffer with sickness and disease.

Furthermore, divine healing is not hard to receive. Divine healing is actually in your heart and in your mouth when you believe and speak the Word of God.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach).  Rom 10:8 NKJV

Too often, people think of healing as a far off blessing that is hard to obtain. But that isn’t so! Healing is as close as your heart and mouth. In fact, healing gets into your heart and mouth by the Word of God.

Did you know that Jesus and the Word of God are one and the same?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 NKJV

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 NKJV

Because Jesus is the Word of God, we must meditate upon His Word. This is the key to receiving healing: spending time reading and speaking the scriptures on healing; if we don’t do that, we will fail to receive healing. There is no divine healing apart from the Word of God.

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“He Himself took our infirmities

And bore our sicknesses.” Matt 8:16-17 NKJV

Notice that Jesus cast out spirits and healed with a WORD. I like to say it this way: The Word is enough! You are only one scripture away from receiving healing. When you are reaching out in faith for healing, think about Psalm 107 verse 20:

He sent His word and healed them,

And delivered them from their destructions.

The reason the Word will heal is because the Word is Jesus. And since Jesus is alive, the Word of God is alive! It is not just black ink on white paper.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb 4:12 NKJV

Weymouth’s translation says:

“God’s message is full of life and power.”

This is why we should highly value the Word of God, for it answers our every need.

Now that I’ve established the truth that God uses His Word to heal, we must take this a step further. How do we apply the Word of God to our need? There are two simple steps to follow:

1.     The Word must get into your heart in abundance.

This will happen as you obey 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.

It is only as we get God’s Word into our heart, and keep it there, that it can produce healing in our bodies. We do this through giving attention to God’s Word; we must read and meditate upon it daily.

The Lord’s prayer says, “Give us this day our DAILY bread.” The manna that came from Heaven in the Old Testament was daily, and we know from the gospel of John that manna was a type of Jesus—the Word. So we must take the bread of life daily.

2.     The Word must come out of your mouth in abundance.

It is never enough only to have the Word of God in your heart in abundance. There is a second part that is vital to receive healing. We must continually speak the Word of God. Even meditating includes speaking it; to meditate is to ponder, think about, mutter daily. So speaking the Word is a form of meditation.

Why is it necessary to speak the Word? Because after faith comes into your heart by hearing with your spirit, that faith is released for healing by saying what God says. Releasing it is the second step.

Jesus gave us these powerful words in Mark 11:23 (NKJV):

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”

We see that we will only have what we believe in our hearts and say with our mouths.

So, if you need healing, get busy filling your heart with healing scriptures. Then continually speak those scriptures about your health, regardless of what you feel or see. Before long, your healing will manifest. You will see that healing was as close as your heart and mouth all along.

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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