His Light Overcomes the Darkness

 

 

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

—Romans 8:37

 

 

This day is extraordinary, like none other in history. We are preparing for the end of the greatest spiritual rivalry of all time: the rivalry between evil and good and darkness and light. Jesus is the absolute and final winner over evil and darkness. His light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it (John 1:5). But His truth does not change. You may have tribulation, but be of good cheer. Jesus has overcome the world (John 16:33). His light overcomes. 

Fortified by the Word and empowered by the Holy Spirit, believers in these last days will push through incredible barriers to fulfill Jesus’ directive to share the Gospel, disciple believers, heal the sick, and deliver those who are in bondage. As the Gospel is shared, evil will strengthen. But no matter the darkness, evil does not win.

 

When considering the turbulent issues in the world today and the signs that the end is coming, one can be tempted to worry and be anxious. But never forget God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Fear is not God’s plan for your life, and fear is the wrong response to the trials we face in this world around us. There is no power in fear. Faith in our Father should be our only response to the incredible challenges taking place. God’s power is released by faith. 

 

Romans 8:37 is a truth for our lives in these uncertain times. “In all these things,” Paul wrote, “we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”

 

Paul wrote these words during a dark and challenging time when the early church endured incredible anguish and persecution. He encouraged believers that they were “more than conquerors” through Jesus, who loved them. He reminded them that were victorious over what was happening.

 

For God’s truth that we are more than conquerors to resonate in our hearts, we must understand and know exactly what Paul was saying. 

 

The phrase “more than conquerors” comes from the Greek word “hupernikos,” the combination of the words “huper” and “nikos.” “Huper” reveals something that is overriding, supreme, paramount, superior to, unmatched by, and unsurpassed by anyone or anything. The word “nikos” describes an overcoming victorious winner. Paul’s use of these two Greek words together makes a powerful point. In Jesus Christ, we are unmatched overcomers. We are unsurpassed and supremely victorious in Him.

 

Does it seem today that this world is spiraling out of control? In these last days, God will pour out His Spirit. It is important that we take hold of the Holy Spirit within us. We need to lean on His understanding and not on our own. No matter what the world tries to throw at us, how terribly we are pressured and persecuted, or how severely things change, God and His Word abide forever. His truth and power remain unchanged. His power prepares us to be an unsurpassed conquering victor.

 

With the Word of God and the Holy Spirit’s power working in us, we are armed for anything that comes. We may face issues and situations like never before and need wisdom as we have never had it before. But if we trust the Word and rely on the Spirit’s power, we will have everything we need to triumph in Christ.

 

These are not just days of great darkness. These are days of great light. The people of God are called to stand strong. We are called to let His light within us shine. If the world is getting darker, we need to be getting brighter. We have to remove any darkness in our own lives so we can become the brightness of God. These are days of great evil, but with days of great evil come greater days of goodness. When evil goes from bad to worse, it is time for us to go from good to great. 

 

Do not fear the end times. You could have been born anytime, but God called you for such a time as this. If God has appointed you to be here, He will anoint you. If He anoints you, He will empower you. If He empowers you, you will see His victory. You can’t see a light shine in the daylight. Light is seen in the darkness. The greater the darkness, the greater the light in you that conquers it. We have to stand strong and move in total dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit, just as the apostles did at the beginning of this age. 

 

Don’t be alarmed by the events in this world or by the signs that reveal we are nearing the end of this age. Jesus told us about all these things so we would be prepared and spiritually ready to overcome the challenges that we see happening. Don’t let the darkness intimidate you. Just “let your light shine before men, so they may glorify your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).

 

If we surrender to Christ in these difficult times, He will strengthen us to stand boldly for Him. By His grace, we will experience His overcoming and unsurpassed victory in whatever comes against us. We shall discover we are more than a conqueror for this time. We will end this age with Christ’s light overcoming the darkness.

 

God wants to pour His power and His Spirit through you. The time for fear is over. The time for faith has come. Arise and shine, for His light has come, and the glory of the Lord will be upon you (Isaiah 60:1).

 

The people who walked in darkness

Have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,

Upon them a light has shined.

—Isaiah 9:2

 

 

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A Personal Reflection on Jesus’ Instruction

 

 

Many people who suffer from sickness find themselves in a place of helplessness. Some believers try to work up their faith to believe they can be healed. Others hope that some medical help will be their answer. Others live in total despair that there is hope.

 

Here’s Jesus’ instruction to us as the body of Christ. 

 

“Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8).

 

Jesus instructs me to give what I have received freely. Do I really believe that I have freely received healing as a gift from God? Do I believe in healing as an expression of God’s goodness?

 

1 Peter 2:24 says, “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”

 

According to 1 Peter 2:24, I have been healed by Jesus’ stripes. According to Matthew 10:8, I am to give freely what I have been given. Through my faith, can healing be a gift of love freely given to someone who is hurting? 

 

“Believing unto righteousness” (Romans 10:10), the new birth, is a spiritual transformation of personal faith. Healing is a physical transformation that also requires personal faith.

 

Receiving healing can be an act of personal faith, a gift through another's faith, or simply a miracle that comes through God's goodness, who makes His rain fall on the just and the unjust. 

 

Peter had faith for the lame man (Acts 3:6-7). The centurion had faith for his servant (Matthew 8:13). The Canaanite woman had faith for her demon-tortured daughter (Matthew 15:28). Jairus had faith for his sick daughter (Mark 5:23). In each situation, the faith of another person brought the gift of healing to the one who was suffering. 

 

I am to give freely. I never need to burden a suffering person with working up their faith to believe in their own healing. Rather than burdening someone hurting, I can be a vessel of God’s love and bring healing to them. 

 

God is that good.

 

Freely, I have received. Freely, I am to give. Do I believe it?

 

 

 

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Jesus Has Borne Our Sin and All Its Destruction

 

Surely, He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, everyone, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

—Isaiah. 53:4-6

 

 

What beautiful words the Spirit of God inspired Isaiah to write! The Spirit revealed the depth of God’s love for mankind. It was such a profound love that God was willing to give His Son, and the Son was willing to give Himself to restore us to our original place of fellowship with Him.

 

Jesus understood our grief, sickness, pain, and sorrow. He understood the destructive power of sin, which created darkness and suffering for humanity. Not only did He understand, but He came to prove His love and compassion for the hurting. 

 

But He didn’t come only to touch man’s need. He came to take upon Himself the curse of our separation from God and all its manifestations. He took the iniquity of every person on earth and who would ever be conceived. He took our physical pain and sicknesses. He took our depression, sadness, and fears. He took the total weight of every curse of sin. The truth is He became a curse and our sin as He hung on the cross (Galatians 3:13).

 

“Surely,” He has born our griefs and carried our sorrows. Surely means “confidently, assuredly, decidedly, indisputably, boldly, securely, and absolutely.”  You cannot dispute the absolute truth of Isaiah’s prophecy fulfilled in Jesus. Nothing can change it. It is done. It is finished.

 

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,” Jesus said on the day He revealed He had come to fulfill God’s Word. “Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18-19).

 

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” He says to us (Matthew 11:28).

 

The Gospel is the power to save, heal, and deliver us. The invitation is for each of us. Rest and peace are for all. Healing is for all. Deliverance from every trauma and grief is for all. Jesus did this for you.

 

Take time to let your spirit feed on Isaiah 53:4-6.  Do you hear Him speaking to you? Do you see Him healing you?  Let Him restore you and give you life, peace, and joy. 

 

How do you know you’ve honestly heard God’s Word? It effectively works in those who believe it. 

 

“For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe” (1 Thessalonians 2:13).

 

Do you welcome the Word as truth with the power to work in your life effectively?

 

You know you have indeed heard the Word when it stimulates your faith.

 

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).

 

When you truly hear the Gospel, it stimulates your faith and changes you. The faith with which the Gospel saved you is the same faith that receives your healing and restoration. The Gospel you “hear” heals you of sin and all its destruction (Psalm 107:20).

 

Jesus took the curse to heal your broken heart, proclaim your freedom from sin and its oppression, and open your spiritual eyes to see, spiritual ears to hear, and spiritual understanding so you can receive healing (13:14-15).  The words He speaks to you are spirit, and they are life (John 6:63).

 

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Lord, I hide Your Word in my heart. I will not forget it. I will live and keep Your Word. Quicken and strengthen me according to Your Word, Lord. Let Your mercies come into my life. According to Your Word, let Your salvation, healing, and restoration come to me.

 

Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven. I trust in your Word, Lord. Your Word has quickened me. Be merciful unto me according to Your Word. 

 

How sweet are your Words! Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Uphold me according to Your Word, that I may live. The entrance of Your Words into my heart gives light!  It gives understanding to the simple. Your Word is very pure, Lord. Therefore, I love it. My heart stands in awe of Your Word. The moment I hear it, I rejoice at Your Word. I have found the greatest treasure. 

 

Give me understanding, Lord, according to Your Word. I will hear you speaking and quickening my heart. Deliver me according to Your word. You are my God, and I praise you for Your Word, which you have sent to set me free and heal me of all of sin’s destruction. Your Word shall accomplish its purpose in my life.

 

In Jesus’ trusted and undeniably powerful name,

Amen.

 

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Rough Days or Jesus?

 

The last few days have been full of issues, and there has been little downtime. The moment one problem came, the next one quickly arrived. The moment one appeared solved, it suddenly wasn’t. But isn’t that just life? We all have rough days. Often, we think that our problems are unlike anyone else’s. If people only knew what we were going through, they would feel sorry for us.  

 

Let’s look at the Apostle Paul’s response to rough days.

 

“We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:8-10).

 

Just what kind of rough days did Paul have?

 

“…in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:23-28).

 

Which one of us has ever endured this kind of suffering? Paul held the title for rough days. No matter the persecution against him, he didn’t need anyone to feel sorry for him. Paul’s concern wasn’t for himself. His concern was for all the churches the Holy Spirit had brought to life through his ministry. 

 

Paul never let his deep concern for the churches be more important than God, the Source of his life. Paul could say he wasn’t crushed, perplexed, or in despair because he was focused on God. He wasn’t focused on what came against him. His purpose and power came from His Father, and no problem could deter him. Paul knew His Father would never forsake him. 

 

When you focus on your problem, you may think God has forsaken you. Perhaps you don’t want to admit this to yourself, but when your problem has more power in your life than God, it is a sign you believe God will not help you. Until you believe in your heart that God loves you so much He will never forsake you, you will have a trust issue.

 

When you focus on your problem, you miss the Holy Spirit's attempt to lead you through it. Your problem isn’t the source of your life! God is your everlasting, unlimited, and never-forsaking Source! Don’t seek for others to feel sorry for you. They don’t need to see your problem. You need and they need to see your God.  Seek the true Source of your life!

 

“Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2).

 

Do you wish to live rough days, or do you want to live Jesus? Jesus has sat down at His Father’s right hand because His work on your behalf is done. You run a race Jesus has finished. Run your race in the Spirit; you won’t fulfill the flesh’s insatiable need for pity. Run your race in the Spirit, and you will endure. Run your race always looking unto Jesus, and you will not be crushed, perplexed, or in despair! The life of Jesus will be manifested in you!

 

 

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More Than a Conqueror

 

Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

—Luke 9:1-2

 

 

Jesus’ directive to the disciples in Luke 9:1-2 was a preview of His commission to the church following His resurrection. Since Adam’s sin in the Garden, Satan had been the ruler of this world, and men had been bound by his oppression. And, suddenly, this man God called His Son came into this world, ruining Satan’s dominion and setting captives free from his bondage. Satan had never seen anyone like Him. He could not tempt Jesus to sin, and this would eventually seal the fate of the prince of darkness.

 

Satan watched as Jesus’ disciples, who were ordinary men, were given the authority over all demons and to cure diseases. He watched as they exercised the same power as Jesus. 

 

“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.’ And He said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven’” (Luke 10:17-18).

 

What did Jesus mean by His words that He saw Satan fall? 

 

The Greek word for fall is “pipto, and it means “to descend from a higher place to a lower; to fall prostrate; to lose authority, no longer have force; to be cast down from a state of prosperity” (New Testament Greek Lexicon).

 

Some believe Jesus was referring back to Satan’s original transgression. Others think Jesus saw this in the Spirit as the seventy went out and cast out devils. And still, others think this was referring to a future time in which Jesus saw through the Spirit Satan’s ultimate demise.

 

Just imagine the turmoil and confusion in Satan’s dark world when these ordinary men began to ruin his dominion. Satan’s position as the accuser of the brethren was shaken. His control over death and hell was threatened. His authority to oppress, to make sick, to weaken, and to deprive mankind was seriously wounded by these mere mortals!

 

And then came Calvary and the ultimate victory! On the cross, Jesus dealt the final death blow to Satan and the powers of darkness. He disarmed and neutralized principalities and powers and prevailed over them. Jesus has now given all authority and power to His church. We have the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and, over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19).

 

Is the church exercising its authority? Do we exercise ours? Why would we ever allow a defeated foe to reign in our lives? Why would we ever believe his lies and surrender to his delusion? 

 

When you face the power of darkness, realize you are facing a conquered enemy. Satan is vulnerable with no authority and no power. You don’t have to live on a continual roller coaster of doubt and fear. The accuser’s words have no power unless you give them power. The deceiver’s words cannot take anchor in your heart when you are convinced who you are in Jesus. 

 

Satan has been overcome by the blood of Jesus, and you overcome him by the words of your testimony (Revelation 11:12). Your words are life and death (Proverbs 18:21). Speaking God’s words from the assurance of your position in Christ is life to you and death to the enemy. Don’t live a defeated life. You are more than a conqueror through Him who loves you (Romans 8:37).

 

 

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The Sense-Ruled Life or Spirit-Ruled Life

 

 

Life can be an ongoing load of stress, needs, worry, challenges, and negative feelings. Financial struggles, health problems, and personal relationships can keep us from enjoying life.

 

Anything that rules your life will have power, authority, and control over you. 

 

This is a powerful truth that needs to be understood and never forgotten. We live in a world ruled by our senses. What we see, hear, and feel continually demands time and consideration, and most people never escape the demands of their senses. 

 

"And the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful” (Mark 4:19).

 

As Jesus said in Mark 4:19, the world’s cares choke the Word in your life. They can keep love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control from bearing fruit.

 

“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Romans 8:5-6).

 

A life ruled by its senses is “death.”  This means that a sense-ruled person will have no life, joy, or peace. To a person ruled by his senses, the abundant life that Jesus came to give them seems unattainable. They find God's promises hard to believe. His promises seem distant and isolated to a person controlled by his senses.

 

“But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14).

 

A natural man is a man driven by his senses. He may even be born again, but he remains bound by what he sees, hears, and feels. Spiritual things may seem foolish to such a person. He approaches prayer and faith from what he senses. He walks by sight.

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“But to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Romans 8:6). The person ruled by the Spirit is not trapped by what he sees, hears, and feels. Spiritual truth overcomes what the senses and flesh tell him. He prays in faith and walks by faith.

 

We have the promise of life and peace. Living a victorious life in this sense-dominated world is absolutely possible.

 

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God” (1 Corinthians 2:12). 

 

We have received the Holy Spirit, so we might know what has been freely given to us in Jesus. We must come to a place where we know the spiritual overcomes the natural—where we trust living by the Spirit, see spiritual things, speak spiritual truth, and walk by faith.

 

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25). We received the Holy Spirit when we were born-again, but walking in the Spirit is conditional on us. It depends on how we renew our minds and yield to the Holy Spirit instead of allowing our senses to rule us.

 

Your flesh will always lie. Don’t let your senses trap you. Choose to open your spiritual eyes and see beyond this sense-ruled natural world. Choose to speak words of life and faith. Choose to meditate on the promises and not the problems. 

 

Your senses don’t have to rule your life. You can be ruled by the Spirit instead of your senses. You can walk by faith in victory.

 

 

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Is This Your Kind of Love?

 

There will always be someone who does not live up to your opinion of them. They will make mistakes in life that disappoint you. They will make bad decisions that hurt themselves and others and never seem to grow in their faith. This can be emotionally hard to witness when you have loved and invested your life in someone.

However, the agape love of God will never leave you or forsake you. His love will never fail you or disappoint you. His love is constant, unchanging, and unwavering, steadfast, and genuine. God wants us to learn to live in this unceasing, untiring, forgiving, patient, believing, enduring, agape love. This is why the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Paul to write the famous words found in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. 

Consider the following written by Rick Renner and inspired by his Greek word study of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Ask yourself if this is the kind of love operating in your life or if his words reveal you need to grow more in certain areas?

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Love patiently and passionately bears with others for as long as patience is needed. 

Love doesn’t demand others to be like itself; rather, it is so focused on the needs of others that it bends over backwards to become what others need it to be. 

Love is not ambitious, self-centered, or so consumed with itself that it never thinks of the needs or desires that others possess. 

Love doesn’t go around talking about itself all the time, constantly exaggerating and embellishing the facts to make it look more important in the sight of others. 

Love does not behave in a prideful, arrogant, haughty, superior, snooty, snobbish, or clannish manner. 

Love is not rude and discourteous — it is not careless or thoughtless, nor does it carry on in a fashion that would be considered insensitive to others.

Love does not manipulate situations or scheme and devise methods that will twist situations to its own advantage. 

Love does not deliberately engage in actions or speak words that are so sharp, they cause an ugly or violent response. 

Love does not deliberately keep records of wrongs or past mistakes. 

Love does not feel overjoyed when it sees an injustice done to someone else but is elated, thrilled, ecstatic, and overjoyed with the truth. 

Love protects, shields, guards, covers, conceals, and safeguards people from exposure.

Love strains forward with all its might to believe the very best in every situation. 

Love always expects and anticipates the best in others and the best for others. 

Love never quits, never surrenders, and never gives up. 

Love never disappoints, never fails, and never lets someone down.

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Is this the kind of love exhibited in your life? Do your words, attitudes, actions, and reactions reveal this? Or are there areas in your life where you need to grow and change in this love? 

We need to be honest with ourselves. People have messy lives. No one is perfect—certainly, we aren’t. We need to evaluate our lives constantly in regard to this kind of love. Don’t think these words sound nice, but you could never love like this. We are called to love with His love. God does not call us to do something impossible. We are called to the unconditional surrender of ourselves to love as Christ loved us.

Your life is one of relationships. As you grow in your relationship with Jesus, you will also grow in your relationship with others. How you relate to others, love others, and impact others is vital in your life and witness. Since this is so important, don’t you think you need to spend time with the Lord and ask Him to honestly reveal areas where you need to develop in agape love?

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Holy Spirit, reveal areas where I have not loved as you wish. I want only to be your hands and feet. You constantly inspire me to reach my highest potential. I want to love with your love and inspire others to reach theirs. I never want to burden but inspire. I never want to speak defeat but life. I never want my actions or reactions in times of emotional stress to hinder but to reveal your love. I want to always speak your truth in love. I want to encourage others as you constantly encourage me. Each day, help me to learn more and more of your love that held nothing back. Flow through me, Holy Spirit, constantly changing my thoughts, attitudes and actions. I want to react as you react. I never want to cast a stone. Jesus, I want to be forgiving, always seeing, knowing, and inspiring your potential in others. As you have loved me, Jesus, I ask your love to be in me. Keep me out of the way. Be alive in me, Jesus. Love through me so others will also let you love through them. Thank you, Jesus, for your Grace that changed everything. May your Grace continually change, empower, and flow through me.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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The Word in Your Heart

 

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.

—Proverbs 4:20-22

 

 

This Scripture doesn’t say God’s words are “like” health to us. It says that His words “are” health to us. You may have a million dollars in a bank, but that money doesn’t benefit you if you never withdraw it. You may be told that life and healing are in the Word, but you won’t receive their benefit if you don’t find them.

 

When we give attention to His words, incline our hearing toward them, and keep His words in our hearts, we spiritually consume healing and health. When we fill our hearts and minds with the world’s darkness, anxiety, fear, and disdain, we spiritually consume depravity and loss. Many believe in healing, desire healing, and ask God for healing, but their hearts may not be open to receiving the healing God has spoken of. 

 

Look at the story of Paul preaching the Gospel at Lystra. 

 

“And in Lystra a certain man without strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and seeing that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, ‘Stand up straight on your feet!’ And he leaped and walked” (Acts 14:8-10).

 

Paul was preaching the Gospel and most likely wasn’t even preaching on healing specifically. Yet, this man “heard” healing! It only took the Gospel!  It only took God’s words! The Gospel IS the power of God! (Romans 1:16). What the cripple man heard reached his heart because faith was born. and it was evident to Paul. The lame man’s miracle came with the “hearing of faith”  (Galatians 3:5). 

 

Have you heard God’s words? Not just with your physical ears, but spiritually with your heart? They are life and healing to all who find them. They must first be found spiritually before they can become your physical reality. You are changed from the inside out.

 

Meditate on Psalm 107:20: 

 

“He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalms 107:20).

 

Don’t just read this verse and go on. Don’t just accept the obvious and not be open to what the Spirit wishes to reveal to your heart. Come hungry to the Word. Contemplate and consider each word in the verse. Don’t give up and say it is not working. The Word is alive and active and always working. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal His thoughts. He wants you to find them. Allow His thoughts to paint a picture in your mind. Dwell on it. Envision it. Anticipate it. Believe it in your heart.

 

Your healing and health are in the Word. Have you heard the Word in your heart?

 

 

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