There is health in obedience to God’s law. The consciousness of right-doing is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds. The special blessing of God resting upon the receiver is health and strength. A person whose mind is quite and satisfies in God is in the pathway to health.
“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace of mind shall they add to thee…it shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.” Proverbs 3:1, 2, 8. The immune system cells form the bone marrow, so this means that a clear conscience will strengthen your immune system.
Remember that sin is the first cause of disease. According to the Bible, forgiveness of sins is connected with the healing of disease. Therefore, the cause of disease is sin. All plans or means of getting rid of disease utterly miss the mark if they do not take into consideration the getting rid of sin as the principal object.
Cheerfulness and a clear conscience are better than drugs and will be effective agents in your restoration to health.
2 Happy heart
There is a physiological truth that we need to consider in the scripture: “A merry rejoicing heart doeth good like a medicine.” Proverbs 17:22.
Redford Williams, M.D., author of the book Anger Kills wrote: “Getting angry is like taking small dose of some slow-acting poison every day of your life.” Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down the life-force and to invite decay and death.
In his book, Anatomy of an illness, Norman cousins describes his recovery from ankylosing spondylitis, a disease of “unknown etiology” with survival chance of one in 500. In a desperate bid to survive, cousins rejected his drug therapy, hired a projector and amused himself watching old movies comedies. He was following a hunch he had acquired from reading Dr Selye’s book, The Stress of Life, and his change state of mind, helped by laughter, improved diet and his own determination, was the turning point from which he recovered full health in a few months.
“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” Proverbs 15:15.
Cheerfulness is created by considering the great blessings we enjoy because we are children of God. We gain happiness through the pleasure of blessing others.
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things”. Philippians 4:8.
3 Gratitude and Praise
“Be careful for nothing (i.e. be anxious about nothing); but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6.
Nothing tends more to promote health of body and of soul than does a spirit of gratitude and praise. It is a positive duty to resist depression, discontented thoughts and feelings as much as it is a duty to pray.
“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I Thessalonians 5:18. This command is an assurance that even the things which appears to be against us will work for our good. God would not bid us to be thankful for that which would do us harm.
“Delight thyself also in the lord; and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart.” Psalm 37:4.
4 Power of prayer and claiming God’s promises
Do not be stressed; instead take your problem to God in prayer. Keep your wants, your sorrows, your cares and your fear before God. You cannot burden him; you cannot weary him. “The lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.” James 5:11. His heart of love is touched by our sorrows and even by our utterances of them. Take to him everything that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for him to bear, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.’’ Psalm 147:3.
Jesus promise: “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive,” Mathew 21:22. He also said: “If ye abide in me, amd my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7. “The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.” James 5:15.
5 To love and help other
Giving love is a powerful healer. When you love, your immune system is energized to fight against the disease. Love changes the chemical pathways of the brain and this will affect your body resistance. The love of God is all the more powerful.
Doing good is the an excellent remedy for disease. The pleasure of doing good to others imparts a glow to the feeling which flashes through the nerves and quickens the circulation of blood and induces mental and physical health. Isaiah 58:7-8.
If the mind is free and happy from a consciousness of right doing and a sense of satisfaction in causing happiness to others, it creates a cheerfulness that will react upon the whole system, causing a freer circulation of blood and a toning up of the entire body.
6 Sweet words and word of faith
Gary Smalley and Rex Russell in their book food and love compiled the following research that was most revealing: Medical research has studied the effect of chronic quarelling on a persons health and have found that couples and roommates who frequently quarrel tend to have more illness than do the people in amicable relationships. Couples and roommate who have constant fights suffer a weakening of their immune systems and are generally less healthy than people who react amicable with friends and family.
“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Proverbs 18:20-21.
“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” Proverbs 16:24.
“For the ear tireth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.” Job 34:3.
We are not to be tattlers, or gossipers, or tale-bearers. We are forbidden by God to engage in trifling, foolish conversation, in jesting, joking, or speaking idle words. Then let us all speak words that will tend to edification. Allow no cheap, foolish talk or wrong principles to compose your Christian experience.
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