By Rory Synoground
"My son attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh." (Proverbs 4:20-23)
One of the ways we know that it is Gods perfect will for you to be healed, and to walk in divine health, is that He said that His Word is health to all our flesh.
This word “health” here in the Hebrew also means medicine. Like natural medicine aids us in receiving our healing, Gods Word, when taken appropriately, will heal our fleshly bodies as well.
In Hebrews 4:12 we read where the Word of God is alive, and full of creative power. What kind of power is He talking about here? He is talking about a creative yoke destroying power!
Isaiah 10:27 says; “And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” Glory to God, the YOKE shall be DESTROYED.
Sickness is a yoke. It weighs you down. It places limitations on your life, and keeps you bound. To believe that your sickness is the will of God is to believe a lie straight from the pit of hell. The Word states very clearly and boldly here in Proverbs 4, that GODS WORD IS MEDICINE TO ALL YOUR FLESH! God’s will is healing! He wants YOU FREE!
Sometimes people think; “Okay, I’m going to try this faith healing stuff to see if it works.” And when healing doesn’t come, or stay; they get discouraged, and begin to believe the temporary circumstance, instead of the eternal Word of God.
Proverbs 4:20 says; “My son ATTEND to my word—“ The word “ATTEND” here means; “to become joined with, or give your full attention too.”
Listen when we are dealing with sickness, disabilities, or any other bodily ailment, we need to become joined with, and give our full attention to God’s Word, instead of allowing our heart and mind to become joined with that ailment. We need to quit giving that sickness our attention.
We must become one with the Word of God. We must become so Word of God minded, Word of God centered, that we come to a place in our lives where the Word of God begins to govern our thoughts and actions. We must come to a state of mind where we are habitually and sub consciously thinking about the Word of God every second of every minute of every day.
Look at what God instructed Joshua to do, at the most critical hour of Joshua’s life. In Joshua 1:8 we read: “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 all that is written therein: for then thou halt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
What was God telling Joshua to do? He was revealing to Joshua how to place His Word in his heart. He was literally showing Joshua how to create a new heart where the Spirit of God could flow through him to take the land! He was instructing him to become one with His Word.
Joshua had many responsibilities. He was the leader of a governmental system that directed the actions of an entire nation of people. You know He was busy with the affairs of this leadership position 24hrs a day. Yet God instructed Joshua to begin thinking on and meditating in His Word day and night.
Joshua could have argued and thought this to be impossible with all he had to do, yet the Bible declares, that with God all things are possible to him that believes. (Mark 9:23) So this is exactly what Joshua did. As a result he had great success.
Ezekiel 18:31 declares; “Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit:….”
Yes it is possible through the power and ability of God’s Word to create in you a new heart. To develop your thinking patterns to where His Word is on the forefront of your mind every minute of the day. To change your perception, and cause you to be able to observe to do His Word, thereby releasing the Spirit of God in your life!
When you actively participate in mediating in the Word of God day and night, you literally begin positioning yourself to qualify for the next step of Proverbs 4:20 to take place in your life.
“Incline your ear unto My SAYINGS, . . .” Once you become joined with His written Word in your heart, where His Word has you full attention, you are then able to incline you ear unto His SAYINGS. The word “Incline” here means: “stretch, to extend, to open.” We can open our ears to hear what God is personally saying to us.
So not only must we hear the written Word of God spoken to us, but we also must hear what God is saying personally to us.
We must do exactly what Deuteronomy 28:1 commands us to do. “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the VOICE OF THE LORD thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the lord thy God will set thee on high. . .And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the VOICE OF THE LORD thy God. . . Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body. . .”
You see we must live our life in a way that we become so Word of God centered that we can hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying to us. God will speak directly to you about your condition. This is where your victory comes. In the secrete place of hearing your loving Fathers voice speaking to you personally. It is when you hear what He is saying to YOU and act on that command, that you’ll release the blessing of the Lord.
Romans 10:17 says “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” The word “word” is the Greek word “Rhema”which means “the spoken Word of God.”
This is not only talking about you hearing the written Word of God, but it also reveals God Himself speaking directly to you. It is when you hear HIS VOICE speaking His Word to you, that faith comes. And it is this faith, formed from the spoken word of God, which overcomes the world! (1 John 5:4)
We can’t just try the Word of God to see if it works. It must become our heart!
Allow His Word to create in you a new heart. Allow His Word to go to work in your life. Know that for whatever sickness, disease, disability, or illness the devil has out there, Gods Word spoken to you has the power to utterly destroyed it and free you from it.
God’s Word is LIFE AND MEDICINE to your body. Begin walking in the liberty where Christ has made you free by taking His Word as medicine today! (Galatians 5:1).
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