Enjoying Life and Health

//Timeless Teaching of Kenneth E. Hagin

“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 4:20–22

Two things that people strive for above everything else are life and health. In His Word, God has given us a recipe to attain these things. He tells us first that life comes only through the Word. The written Word was given to reveal the living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ, to us.

It is important to meditate on healing scriptures when we are well. That way, if sickness tries to attack our bodies, we are already built up in God’s healing Word. We are better able to fight any disease that comes against us. Here are some healing scriptures for you to meditate on.

“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord” (Jer. 30:17).

“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103:3).

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” (Matt. 8:17).

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall” (Mal. 4:2).

“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Jesus is the living Word: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1–3). The 14th verse continues, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” Jesus is the Word of God.

In John 10:10, Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” That is why Jesus came: that man might have life.

If we want to walk in fullness of life—and that includes healing and health—we must first give God’s Word our undivided attention.

Our opening text in Proverbs begins, “attend to my words.” Not only are we to listen to Jesus and look at Jesus, but the written Word also unveils Him to us, particularly as we read the Epistles.

No one could live in the four Gospels alone and be a successful Christian. The four Gospels are a history of the life of Jesus: His work, His sayings, and His deeds. In the Gospels we see Jesus dying, but if we don’t go further than the Gospels, we won’t know why He died.

It is in the Epistles that we read what Christ wrought for us. Second Corinthians 5:21 says, “He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

The Epistles record that “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree” (Gal. 3:13). And according to Deuteronomy chapter 28, all sickness and disease is part of the curse of the law.

And Paul wrote in the Epistles, “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 6:23).

Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the writer of Proverbs said, “Attend to my words” (Prov. 4:20). If we want to walk in fullness of life—and that includes healing and health—we must first give God’s Word our undivided attention. We must put away everything else from our minds, accept God’s Word, and act upon what His Word says.

God has told us to “incline thine ear unto my sayings” (Prov. 4:20). We are to open our ears to God’s sayings and close our ears to everything else. We are to listen to what God has to say. And as we believe and act on His Word, it will work for us. We can be healed.

Man still continues the age-old search for remedies to bring health. Millions of dollars are spent each year, and many have dedicated their lives to finding cures for certain diseases that take their toll on humanity.

But God sent His Son into this world as a revelation of His will, and He called His Son His Word. Jesus is God speaking to us. If you want to hear God, hear Jesus.

One day Jesus approached a lonely leper who cried, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean” (Matt. 8:2). Jesus said, “I will; be thou clean” (v. 3). And that man was healed.

Now incline your ear to God’s sayings. The “I will” that Jesus said to this leper is also what God the Father is speaking to you about your healing. If God said “I will” about healing one person, then He is saying “I will” about healing all people because He is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34).

Attend to God’s Word. Incline your ear to His sayings. As you do, they will become life to you, and health to all your flesh.

(Editor’s Note: This article was adapted from Kenneth E. Hagin’s books Keys to Scriptural Healing and God’s Word: A Never-Failing Remedy.)

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