The Gift of Good Health

Oct. 3, 2018 | By Creflo Dollar

God has given us many gifts, and one of those is good health. Being healthy is something we can take for granted if we’re not careful. Having the right mindset about our health is one of our responsibilities as Christians. It’s not God’s will for us to be sick; realizing this puts us in a position to exercise our authority over sickness and disease.

Too many people simply accept illness and sickness as their lot in life, and for those who don’t know about the finished works of Jesus, maybe it is. However, living under grace means we have a major influence over what goes on in our bodies and minds, regardless of what the doctors tell us. Jesus healed many people during His earthly ministry and He gave us the same authority over sickness. “Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you” (Luke 10:19, AMPC). The next time we receive a bad diagnosis, meditating on this opens us up to healing.

God plainly tells that He wants perfect health for us. “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (3 John 1:2). The enemy uses sickness to keep us from realizing our true potential. He tries to instill the fear in us that maybe God’s promises concerning healing don’t apply to us. They do and we can place our full trust and confidence in them. “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

Words have immense power. Jesus made healing and wholeness available to us and, according to God’s spiritual laws, we will have what we say. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” (Proverbs 18:21). When bad news plants the seeds of doubt and fear in our minds, we fight those thoughts by opening our mouths and verbally declaring the Word of God. It’s impossible for negative thoughts to hang around when we concentrate instead on confessing the Word.

All types of physical and emotional healing begin at the spiritual level. We exercise godly wisdom when we accept this by faith and put it into practice. Our words bring what is in the spiritual realm into the natural realm. Agreeing with what God says always puts us in a win-win situation. “There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing” (Proverbs 12:18, AMPC).

We don’t have to tolerate sickness or disease. As free moral agents, we can decide for ourselves what type of healing we want, and our faith flips the switch. Ill health has no chance against us when we accept God’s will in this area.

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