Why Am I Still Sick ??
Part 6
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The following is a common question that I hear: “Well, I’ve been trusting God’s Word and standing on His Promises, so why am I still sick?”
.As I’ve stated in the earlier lessons, there can be any number of reasons, so I have taken the time to write down some Scriptural reasons as to why one may still be sick, even after ‘trusting God to heal them’. .
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Reason # 6 Why People Remain Sick:
Have you been meditating on the Scriptures, and more specifically, the healing Scriptures?
There are two reasons why you must keep God’s Word ever before your eyes and always in your mouth (or more specifically, keep speaking God’s Words from your mouth), which is a form of meditation.
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Remember Joshua 1:8? It teaches, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
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When breaking this Scripture down, we see that:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth = keep speaking the Word of God only, from your mouth; keep your conversation in line or in agreement with God’s Word only, by speaking God’s Word only …. even when someone asks, “How are you”
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night = keep meditating on the Word of God, day and night. Keep reading it, keep looking at it, keep muttering it from your lips which will keep your heart and mind pondering on it and meditating on it; and keep speaking the Word only, when you are in conversation with people
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success = it is only by keeping the Word of God constantly rolling off your tongue, and meditating on it constantly in your heart and mind, that you will have good success. You will see the Word take root in your life, and bring forth fruit.
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Hebrews 11:6 teaches us that “without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that DILIGENTLY seek Him.”
..Diligence, according to the Vine’s Expository Dictionary of N.T. Words means: earnestness, zeal or carefulness.
.If we aren’t giving proper attention, earnest attention, or zealous or careful attention to the Word of God in our daily lives, then our faith will be weak, for “faith comes by hearing” God’s Word {Romans 10:17}.
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.Which leads us to the Second reason why we must continually keep God’s Word before our eyes.
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Our faith grows by hearing God’s Word {Romans 10:17}.
If we don’t feed our spirit man spiritual food to become strong in the area of faith for healing, then healing won’t come to us. This is not a condemning statement, this is simply a fact which God wants to get across to His body.
.If we aren’t giving proper attention to the Word of God, we will then be giving too much attention to our feelings, or our aches and pains; we will be giving too much attention to the fear and negativism which the world simply flows in; we will be giving too much attention to the ‘natural’ world and not enough attention to the ‘spiritual’ world.
And can we really expect God’s power to mightily flow through us, if we only pick up His Word when we are in trouble, or if we only pick up His Word once per week?
Can we really expect our faith to be ready, strong, and unwavering to face sicknesses or difficult situations, if we only pick up the Word when we have a need, or if we only listen to a preacher once per week?
.It is our faith which makes us whole, sound, and free;
It is by our faith, that we will receive our prayers answered, and receive the Promises as reality in our lives, which is our inheritance {Heb 6:12, Mark 11:24, Rom 4:16};
By our faith we are healed {Matt 9:22, Mark 5:34, Mark 10:52, Luke 8:48, etc};
And we need faith to cast out devils, and the sicknesses the devils bring {Matt 17:19, Mark 16:17};
We need faith to calm storms in the natural and storms in our lives {Matt 8:27, 1 John 5:4}
And we need faith to move mountains out of our lives which are hindering us from walking in straight paths of victory and abundance {Matt 17:20, Mark 11:23}.
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Yes, it is by faith that we receive everything from God {Romans 4:16, 1 John 5:4}, but how can we have faith, if we don’t keep God’s Word before our eyes, to read it and fill our minds and our spirits with the faith inducing Promises?
If we truly understood (or believed) the riches and freedom Promised to us in the Word of God, then we would want to absorb the Promises daily, to learn of our inheritance, and to build our faith to receive our inheritance.
We must put first things first.
Yes, God is a rewarder,
But He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Love God with all your heart, and all your mind, and all your strength, then love your neighbor as yourself, and keep God’s Word rolling off your tongue and rolling around in your mind, constantly. In this you will find “good success” !! .
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Because God’s Word IS health to ALL your flesh!
{Proverbs 4:22}
Amen.
The “Conclusion” of this series will follow in the next day or two.
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