Worry-Free Healing

If you have disease in your body, I want you to know that you can be well! Any sickness is disease of some sort. What is disease? It is the opposite of ease, or the lack of ease. If your body has any sickness, it is lacking ease.

Do you want relief from disease? Do you want your body to be at ease again? Most people want relief from troubling symptoms. They don’t want to be disturbed in their bodies. They want to be at ease!

I have great news for you: God wants you to be well and free of disease even more than you want to be well! He wanted it so much, in fact, that He provided healing through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus. Here are just a few of many scriptures proving this:

Psalm 107:20 says,

He sent His word and healed them.

Jesus is the Word that God sent!

1 Peter 2:24 says, referring to Jesus,

…by whose stripes you were healed.

Jesus’ stripes healed us!

And even before Jesus came, Isaiah prophesied,

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,

And by His stripes we are healed.  Isaiah 53:5

So, your healing is an accomplished fact in the mind of God. He already sent Jesus, Jesus already bore stripes on His body, and He already defeated the enemy in hell—the source of sickness.

Even though from God’s perspective healing is accomplished, every person must receive it for themselves by faith. God doesn’t force His goodness on us. It’s our free will to receive! I always encourage people to use their faith and accept the healing that belongs to them.

However, when it comes to receiving divine healing, there’s something more you must know: Divine healing WILL NOT flow if you are worrying about your body!

Worry is a major hindrance to healing. Why? Let’s look at what Jesus taught about worry.

In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said,

“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?”  Matt 6:25-27 NLT

Your life includes your health! Jesus said we can’t lengthen our life by worrying.

Worry doesn’t just fail to lengthen our lives. It actually opposes faith and works against it. Nobody can receive divine healing by faith while also worrying about their symptoms.

As long as you are worrying about your health, or whether or not you will be healed, you will not be able to release faith to receive what belongs to you. Worry hinders your faith.

Jesus did not just suggest we don’t worry. He commanded us not to!

Therefore, if we continue to worry, it is actually a sin.

Here is another passage that instructs us on what to do with worry.

1 Peter 5:7 AMPC says,

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

Notice that this does not say to cast “some” of your worries on Him. It says to cast ALL of them.

And it also tells us how often to cast them: once and for all! So, this is not something we should do every day or every week. We need to make a one-time decision that we are not going to worry about anything anymore!

When you have disease in your body, the temptation is great to worry about it.

            You’re tempted to worry about how to get relief.

            You’re tempted to worry if you will recover.

            You’re tempted to worry about your quality of life.

And you might be tempted to worry about how on earth you will ever give up worrying!

Since worry will hinder your healing, I want to give you scriptural steps to live worry free.

Phil 4:6-8 NKJV says,

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

1.     Recognize worried thoughts.

The only way you will recognize worried thoughts is if you pay attention. You must be aware of what you are dwelling on throughout the day.

God’s thoughts never lead to worry. His Word only leads you to peace.

Satan’s thoughts always lead to worry.

So, if you catch yourself worrying and lacking peace, you know the source of that isn’t God!

2.     Every time a worried thought comes, speak to it.

Worry is fear in disguise. Resist fear and you will resist worry. Say, “Fear, I resist you in Jesus’ name. I refuse to fear or worry.” As Paul instructed us, bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. 10:5).

3.     Take what you’re tempted to worry about to God in prayer.

Time in prayer will lead you into the peace of God. Prayer and thanksgiving are simply talking to God and acknowledging that He is greater than the problem you face.

Tell the Lord that you choose to believe His Word over the devil’s lies. Boldly declare: “I believe I am healed by the stripes of Jesus, and since I’m healed, I no longer have anything to worry about!”

4.     Spend time daily meditating upon healing scriptures.

Become acquainted with God’s Word through time reading and meditating upon it. Then you will know God’s thoughts, which lead you into peace. The more you know God’s Word, the quicker you’ll recognize when a thought is full of worry. Any thought that is not a good report is to be rejected.

Meditate upon the truth that God cares about you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. As you keep your burdens and cares upon the Lord, where they belong, He will take good care of you. And healing power will be free to flow in your body.

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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