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Don’t Tolerate Sickness!

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When you know who you are in Christ, you don’t tolerate sickness and disease.

I could stop right there with that revelation alone and add, ‘The End’; but I digress. Notice the above sentence reads “when you know who you are…”

Scripture teaches us to call those things that are not as thought they were (Romans 4:17). But I like to quote Romans 4:17 this way: “I call those things that are not as though they already are”, present tense.

Why do I quote Romans 4:17 this way? Because as a believer, I choose to live and operate through Jesus Christ in the “now”. I do not live in the past. I became a new creature in Christ when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I am a new creature in Christ—present tense (2 Corinthians 5:17). I know that I am the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus (Romans 3:22). I have already accepted God’s free gift of Love through His death on the cross. I already know that through Him I live, I move and I have my very being (Acts 17:28), so why speak or confess something different than the truth?

I know that He was bruised for my transgressions. I know that the chastisement of my peace was upon Him. I know that by His stripes I am [already] healed. So, if I know these things, then my response to sickness and disease of any kind should reflect what I already know.

Whether the issue before me is redemption from sin through His blood, or protection from sickness and disease, according to the Bible, healing is available to me, now. Praise the Lord!

Blessed children, we have the very Word of Christ at our disposal. The aforementioned scriptures should be at the forefront of our minds and out of our mouths at the slightest hint of sickness and disease. With the internet and cell phones in nearly every purse and pocket, we have instant access to the Word, which is the most important resource we have to crush sickness and disease in faith; so we are without an excuse to subdue the enemy. We have power over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19) in every situation and under every circumstance with the authority of God’s Word. Yes, saints, we are that powerful; so powerful we don’t have to tolerate runny noses, allergens or even an upset stomach. Now that’s a revelation of walking in the present, in the now, and in the WOW!

Sickness has no right to rule and reign in our bodies! For the born-again, spirit-filled believer, sickness and disease are demonic intrusions that attempt to trespass against the temples that Jesus paid for with His own blood. We are bought with a price, the blood of Jesus (1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:23). And secondly, we are not under the curse because Christ became a curse for us (Galatians 3:13). Sickness and disease are a byproduct of sin; they are not a fact of life—at least not my life, because I’m not receiving that! I’m not tolerating the symptoms of sickness and disease in my life because I don’t have to; Jesus paid a HIGH PRICE for my redemption and when sickness tries to come against me, I rebuke it in the Name of Jesus. I will not be fodder for that nasty ole devil and neither will my body. I will not allow myself to be a punching bag for Satan. Satan has nothing on me. I have sown many prayers for others who have come under attack for the smallest of discomforts and not just the large things like cancer, heart disease and diabetes; and those seeds sown in prayer come with a return, so I am expecting miraculous results in my own life and so should you. I am redeemed and so are you. I do not want my brothers and sisters to be under Satan’s wicked attacks! Saints, we can no longer give place to the devil. If we give him an inch, he will take a mile; so as soon as you feel even the slightest twinge of sickness coming against your body, take authority over it immediately and stand your ground with the Word of God.

Now, let me make this very clear, we have the power and the authority we have because GOD is good. We are nothing without Him in our hearts and we have because He gives. The Bible says, we love because He first loved us (1 John 4:19) and because the Word of God is true, we know we can quote His words over our circumstances and expect dynamic results.

Does God speak then not act? Does He promise then not fulfill (Numbers 23:19)?

We can count on Him to keep us healthy at ALL times because He loves us. It would take a sick twisted fruit-loop to say they love someone then leave them with sickness and disease; thankfully, our God is not like some twisted humans; He says what He means and He means what He says. It is we dear brothers and sisters who get the messaging of Jesus messed up. When we listen to the doctrines and the mindsets of men over the messaging of God’s Word, we set ourselves up for failure. God has not called us to fail but to succeed and to be blessed. I don’t know about you, but I have yet to find a scripture where God said sickness and disease are a necessary part of life. It is the thief who comes to steal, to kill and to destroy (John 10:10). It is the thief who comes to rob people of their time, their money, and their resources and in some cases, their loved ones.

Now, for those who haven’t exercised their faith muscles to this level don’t lose heart, just begin now; begin somewhere. God knows that for many, a quick call to the doctor or a quick run to the drug store for relief is sometimes easier than trying to stand on faith; but try your best to start somewhere; and if you have to call a doctor or grab a pill, don’t beat yourself up over it. But at least try to take authority over symptoms right away so you can begin stretching those faith muscles. Speaking for myself, I am glad I learned to push through with rebuking even the common cold. Less money for drugs and doctors means more money for me and more money for the kingdom. Woohoo! But no matter where you begin, know that God’s will is always healing and just to drive that truth home, consider Luke the Physician, whom Jesus chose as one of His disciples. Isn’t it interesting that in every account we have where Jesus is healing in the Book of Luke, there isn’t one mention of Luke being called upon to dole out a shot, write a prescription or a give a person a pill? Luke had zero to say about medical healing in his writings about his travel with Jesus. Perhaps we should let that sink in for a minute.

So what’s the point? Don’t tolerate sickness. You don’t have to accept it, succumb to it or invite it into your body. If you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus, then the enemy has no legal authority to harass you in your body—ever! And if you have scriptures already memorized in your arsenal, you can aim those darts at the wicked one and subdue his attacks. There is nothing more powerful than the Holy written Word of God so don’t give place to the devil. Submit yourselves unto God and watch the devil flee (James 4:7). You do not have to accept sickness, disease or infirmity ever saints; the Word of God makes this abundantly clear.

Declare and Decree Your Way to Results

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Someone said, “You can’t just make declarations over people and expect them to change?”

If this is a true statement then why do we bother to pray?

When God created the heavens and the earth was it not through decree? Genesis 1:3 –And God said, “Let there be light” and there was light. And God saw the light; that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

What is a decree? A decree is an official order issued by a legal authority.

Are we not officials in the kingdom of God? Don’t we represent Jesus Christ in this earth? Are we not sons and daughters of the most High God? We learn from the Bible that God Himself called Abraham a father of many nations. It is referenced for us again in the Book of Romans, 4:17 as it is written, “…a father of many nations have I made you in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.” The scripture also teaches us to imitate Jesus. We are reminded in I John 4:17 to call those things that are not as though they were. If we are to be imitators of Jesus who only did what He saw the Father doing, and only said what He heard the Father saying, then wouldn’t this scripture also apply to us as believer’s today?

This revelation is needed to have a successful prayer life and it is necessary to receive dynamic results.

If you believe that a person cannot get an understanding of the spiritual without going through the school of hard knocks then you are misinformed—operating according to the standards of the world. God has always desired that we seek Him for ALL provision; this includes (and is frankly most important), our spiritual provision. Now I am not saying that we are to run all over town making a bunch of declarations and expect people do nothing on their own end to educate themselves in the Word; but what I am saying is it is here we begin to create a platform for change in people by calling those things that are not as though they were. If there wasn’t power available to do this then why would God put this statement in His Holy Word?

If God had no intention of making Abraham a father of many nations then why did he tell Abraham while he was still Abram that he would indeed become a father of many nations (Genesis 17:4)? Was God in error? Was God making a mistake by calling Abram a father of many nations when he hadn’t even completely rid himself of the influence of Egypt? After all, Abram had to develop his own walk of faith with God after leaving Egypt for Canaan. I am sure after living in Egypt, Abram had mindsets that needed to be broken off of him before he could walk in his divine destiny with God. Can we surmise then that God was indeed making a declaration over Abram’s future? Wasn’t God Himself speaking a destiny into existence? Now, does God’s declaration over Abram totally seal the deal for Abram to become a father of many nations? No, it does not. Abram was still personally responsible for hearing the Word of God and doing it. Abram could have chosen to reject the will of God and God would have had no choice but to use someone else in this case, but fortunately for Abram, he stood on God’s declaration for his life and weathered some pretty dark storms. It wasn’t all peaches and cream for Abram. Remember he directly went against the words of God by taking Lot from Egypt into Canaan and he succumbed to Sarah’s insistence to sleep with her maid to give Abram a child. Here are great examples of seeing disobedience in action by a chosen man of God, but the skillful declaration of God’s word seized the day—thankfully, God watches over His word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). Eventually, Abram did indeed align himself with God’s will and manifest all he was supposed to manifest before leaving this earth for glory. Don’t you suppose much of Abraham’s compliance to the will of God came from the power of declaration spoken over him by God? I certainly do.

When I first met Jesus and had an encounter with Holy Spirit, several things were spoken over me by a prophet. The things said in that encounter were stepping stones to my ministry. I credit those declarations to my commitment to ministry today. Had the prophet of God pointed out all my faults and spoke of my weaknesses or berated me about my inability to comprehend the realm of the spirit or even the basics of Christianity (I was dumb about the life of the Christian) then those declarations would have set the ground work for my walk with God. This prophet saw my potential according to the Word of God and spoke those things that were not as though they were over me. That minister of God recognized her authority in the kingdom of God and for 20+ years continued to speak “life” over my situation even when I was backslidden. (That’s a story for another time). Had she not chosen to speak life into my circumstances, there is no telling where I would be today, perhaps still chasing the wind and in a grossly backslidden state.

Another fantastic example of declaration in action is in Acts 16:31 when Paul told the jailer that if he believed in the Lord Jesus not only would he be saved, but so also his whole household. That’s just powerful revelation right there saints! Was that a prayer request Paul was speaking over the jailer or was that a declaration? I don’t read that the jailer was required to beg, cry, wallow in self-pity, or plead with God to have mercy for the salvation of his family. I don’t read that salvation required a prayer-chain and hours of prayer and fasting with sackcloth and ashes for him to get the victory. A declaration was made and the jailer took that check to the bank and cashed it! Jesus doesn’t bounce checks people. It’s okay to cash them. This example powerfully displays the difference between plowing a territory and TAKING a territory. Brothers and sisters, we are called to take territory—the kingdom of God suffereth violence but the violent taketh by force (Matthew 11:12). Declaration and decree really is the way to powerful results. Glory!

My point is this: declaring and decreeing is an important part of setting up God’s agenda in people’s lives. It is Biblical. It is necessary and frankly, it is prayer in a nutshell. So going forward, please continue to speak declarations over your loved ones, your church group, your friends, your circumstances and then expect God to move based upon your confessions. Faith IS the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen (Hebrews 11:1) and whatsoever you ask for [decree: a formal or explicit statement or announcement, an official order issued by a legal authority] when you pray, believe that you receive it and you shall have it (Mark 11:24).

See brothers and sisters, the gospel is very clear. It is we who complicate the process. God keeps things simple because God is efficient. He doesn’t keep things simple because we are stupid. We are made in His image. Let’s not insult God. Clearly, we can see that decrees and declarations are indeed prayer, so let’s be encouraged to stand on the promises of God through His WORD and make those requests [demands] known unto God (Philippians 4:6) and watch the dynamic results pour in. Go ahead and be the authority—have what you will in Jesus.

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