Sickness and disease are not the will of God for our lives.
Once we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are redeemed from the curse of the law. [1] Because of our redemption we can walk in all the promises of God and divine health is a promise.
Healing Has to Be Sown
We don’t automatically accept the healing Jesus has secured for us. We must first sow the Word of God into our hearts so that our faith can be ignited to receive our healing. [2]
Through Bible study and meditating on God’s Word, we become convinced that healing is God’s will. Once we are convinced there is no weapon, of sickness, that is formed that will prosper against us.
God Can Fix This
I recall a year or so after rededicating my life to the Lord, I had a health battle.
The battle occurred a few months after I began ministering in the Prison Ministry. I was diagnosed with vertigo. I was told it was a very common condition that caused extreme dizziness, loss of orientation and possibly blackouts. Because these symptoms could occur at any moment, I would have to take medication every day for the duration of my life.
The medication came with its own set of side effects that would leave me incapable of driving and a delayed reaction between thinking of moving a limb and that limb actually responding. I remember thinking, how can I go to the jails if I can’t drive? What about going to church? I hadn’t been studying the Word long enough to know that healing was the will of God. Yet I knew He had called me to minister in the jails and to be a member of World Changers Church International. Therefore, I trusted He could fix this problem.
Hezekiah Wept Sore
With my limited knowledge, at the time, I could only recall one testimony of healing in the Bible- Hezekiah. [3]
I went to the place in the scriptures, read what Hezekiah did and I lay on my couch (which was pretty much all I could do for the few days I took the medicine), turned to the wall and cried to God. I cried real tears – bucketfuls! And I prayed, “I don’t understand everything, but I know if you healed Hezekiah, You can heal me too.”
After I prayed, I decided not to take the medication anymore. Let me mention this, I did not hear God say, “do not take the medicine.” I simply reasoned within myself: I had been on my couch for 3 days, it took me 10-20 minutes just to get up to go to the restroom, I couldn’t drive and therefore hadn’t been to work. If I had gone to work, my production would have been well below standard because I was moving in super slow motion! The only thing I could do to return to normal functioning was stop the meds.
I say that to caution you to do as God directs you. He is well able to heal you and deliver you from your condition, while you take medications.
The Truth is Always the Truth
I knew that God had healed me. I was fully persuaded and convinced. From that day forward I had one episode of vertigo (5 years later); it was the first time I stood to deliver my first message in a jail.
I told my team members what was going on and then I said, “But I’m still going to teach this message.” While my team prayed in the Spirit behind me and one person held my bible and notes and another read the scriptures for me, I taught the Word of God.
The return of the symptoms did not negate the Truth; I was healed by the stripes of Jesus when He died on the cross for me. [4]
Deliverance from vertigo was the first of several healings I have received. I no longer allow sickness just to set up camp in my life. I seek God on how to
I seek God on how to take care of my body: spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I trust God to continue to lead me and guide me in the way I should go regarding all aspects of my life.[5]
If He Did It for Me…
The awesome news is God does not limit His promises to a select few. [6] All who believe -receive.
Whatever condition you are faced with, know that God is willing and able to heal you. There is no such thing as terminal and incurable to our God.
Use your concordance and find the scriptures on healing. Begin to meditate on and confess those scriptures until you too are fully persuaded of the Truth. Walk in your divine healing, it is a promise given to us all from our loving God.
