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The Healing God’s Word is one medicine you can never overdose on. Myles Munroe
“No; please stay outside until I am done paying attention to the
once said, “The most important component in life is law. Everything was
patient.”
created to function by laws (principles).” The Word of God is the law of life. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans
So when somebody is paying attention to something, they do not want
10:17), so you can never hear enough of the Word of God. When we
distractions. It doesn’t even matter how legal or how valid the
learn to live by the law of God, then we will experience life in
distraction is. It doesn’t matter if the distraction is from a loved one, or
abundance until it overGlows. I believe that this is what the Spirit of
a contract that is coming through on your phone. If you are going to
God wants to bring to your attention.
Gind God’s Word for your healing, you’ve got to give it your undivided attention. This is probably one of the most difGicult things for us to do
A decision to Gind God’s Word on healing is a decision to experience
in this time because everywhere, technology has made it in such a way
abundant fruitfulness in every area of your life. It is only when you
that news is constantly popping up left, right and centre. Text
Gind God’s Word on healing that God’s Word becomes life to you and
messages come in constantly, and it might be socially incorrect not to
medicine to your Glesh. The Word of God is potent enough to restore
reply. So, you are constantly replying a text or you are responding to
super abounding fruitfulness to every barren situation in your life; but
one thing or the other.
the Word of God will not do that until you Gind it. Finding therefore suggests searching, and searching requires effort. Work is involved if
For those who are on social media like Twitter, Facebook and so on,
you will Gind God’s Word for your healing.
there is always something competing with your attention. But you’ve got to give your attention without distraction to the Word of God. The
20 My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my
Word of God cannot be the lullaby you play when you need to go to
sayings.
sleep after you have Ginished everything you want to do for the day.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of
Don’t lie down saying, “I now want to lie down for the Word of God to
your heart; 22 For they are life to those who Gind them, and health to all their Glesh. 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4:20-23
wash over me.” You wouldn’t have heard it for two minutes before you begin to snore. That kind of attention to the Word will not bring healing to you. Sometimes you may need to lock yourself in and put your phone off. It shouldn’t be the time you are driving in your car with annoying
In verses 20 and 21, there are certain action words used that calls for
motorists and corrupt policemen that you listen to the Word of God.
our attention and these are the four principles on which we will build
You say, “Well, I listen to it as I’m driving.” Then in-between your
our thoughts in this article.
concentration, somebody crosses your way and you throw a curse word and return to “He healed all my diseases.” There is no attention
Give God’s Word Attention
in that. It is either you are giving the Word attention, or you are not. I
If you are to Gind the healing word, the Girst thing to do is to give God’s
urge you to give attention to the Word of God if you will Gind the
Word attention (Proverbs 4:20). To pay attention means without
healing Word tailor-made for you at this season of your life.
distraction. To pay attention can be compared to the way a diligent nurse pays attention to a patient. Even if you are a relative of the patient, the nurse will not let you come into the room at the time he or she is paying attention to the patient. If the visitor is the wife of a dying man and says to the nurse, “He’s my husband,” the nurse will say,
Incline Your Ear To His Sayings Secondly, if you are to Gind the healing Word, God says to “incline your ear to my sayings” (Proverbs 4:20). To incline ones ear means to bend down. This also implies submitting yourself to the healing Word.
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This includes submitting every other opinion, fear, thought bombs,
Keep Them in the Midst of Your Heart
hereditary facts, medical diagnosis and overwhelming symptoms to
To keep God’s Word means to guard and preserve it in your heart. You
the obedience of the healing Word. That is when you can boldly say
plant it by faith in your heart when you believe. Just like a diligent
that the healing Word has preeminence over everything, even over
farmer puts a hedge around his crops to protect them from scavenging
natural cycles and biological clocks. You are inclining your ear when
birds, and also prevent trespassers from walking and trampling on
you submit and humble yourself, and all you have ever known to the
what he has sown because they are precious seeds to him, so also you
healing Word.
should guard, hedge and preserve the precious seed of the Word of God on your healing and health that you have planted in your heart.
We live in an era where there is knowledge everywhere. Information technology has made so much information available to us. There is
Child of God, your Father says to keep them safe in the very core of
wonderful information on the Internet and there is nasty information
your being. If the Word is not in the core of your being, when a
there too. When I talk about nasty information, I’m not just talking
symptom shows up, the best you can do is to quote the Word of God in
about pornography and obviously horrible things. Sometimes nasty
a panic. The Word will not work that way. He said to keep them in the
information is when you want to Gind out about every single symptom
midst of your heart where it is secure and can be preserved. People
that you feel in your body. By so doing, you are elevating that
lock up their precious in safes in banks so that they will be available
knowledge above the Word of God. You expose yourself to nasty
for their children, yet many of them have not locked the healing Word
information when you have a slight symptom but then
that will guarantee that they will live to see their children’s children,
you want to Gind out everything you can about it. God says to incline your ear to His sayings. His sayings are His Word. His
in their heart. Some people say they are prone to certain sicknesses and diseases. As a child of God you are prone to
Word says you are fruitful and a joyful
healing. You have the tendency to be extremely
mother of beautiful vibrant children
fruitful. That should be your expectation because
irrespective of what the circumstance
you are rooted in the family of God. In this family
has said or is still saying to you (Psalm
there is only wholeness and fruitfulness. Isaiah
113:9).
53:1 asks who has believed the Lord’s report. What is God’s report? Psalm 103 reports that God heals all
Do Not Let Them Depart From Your Eyes Refusing to allow God’s Word depart from your eyes gives an impression of always having something in
your diseases. All your diseases means that no matter what name has been given to them, the healing Word is designed to heal them. Every single one of them!
your focus. The way to do this is to meditate on the Word constantly. What do you meditate on? Meditate on what He says concerning your
So in Christ Jesus, the chances of those symptoms and diseases are
healing and health. Exodus 15:26 aptly tells us that He is the Lord that
zero percent. You may be asking, “Lord, what are the chances of my
heals us and the way He does it is through His Word, which He sends
having my own children?” He replies: “Child, one hundred percent!
that heals and delivers (Psalm 107:20).
Those are the chances.” The Bible says that none shall be barren in the land (Exodus 23:26). There was never a time someone believed on
God does not put diseases on people. Exodus 15:26 reveal His identity
Jesus and stood on His Word and kept it and the person was not
as “I am the Lord that heals you…” Irrespective of the statistics, the
healed. This history dates further back than any doctor’s report today.
diagnosis of people, and what you may be experiencing, because of the
All means all! You have had enough of that situation. Drop it and walk
covenant, your testimony will be different because He is your God that
out without it, you don’t need it anymore. It doesn’t belong to you.
heals you! Meditate on those words. Know that in God’s eyes you are
You’ve carried it around for too long.
different from the unbeliever. When He looks at you He sees somebody who is already healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ. How do you see
There is always an anointing that follows the Word of God when you
yourself? He says, “I will not allow it!” Ponder and mutter those words
hear it and believe it. That anointing causes miracles to occur. Let faith
to yourself. God is passionately involved in your case and you need to
rise in your heart and your miracle will manifest. Just like Jesus’ fame
know this truth for yourself. Find it and never let it depart from your
went abroad, your testimony will go abroad and will trigger the
eyes.
miracles of others, and cause thanksgiving to abound unto our God.
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