Healing happens when habits change…
Habits are regularly repeated behavior pattern: an action or pattern of behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes typical of somebody, although he or she may be unaware of it
I use to always wonder why God allowed good people to die via cancer, diseases, accidents, and murder. I use to wonder why would God allow such diseases to run rampant on the earth killing and destroying peoples lives… I use to wonder all these things until God gave me this quote “Healing Happens When Habits Change”
The root of many peoples illnesses are due to bad and sinful habits and bad and sinful choices. Every choice we make has a result that follows. If we choose to do things poorly we will receive poor results. If we choose to do negative things we will receive negative result. When we regularly make the same type of choices they form into habits. Whether good or bad is determined by the initial choices. If we choose to do things properly and practice good disciplines then we will develop good habits, habits that will sustain life not destroy life.
Healing is a gift from God.
Throughout many of our lives we have been brainwashed into believing that God heals through praying and confessing and through Naming it and claiming it. We have been taught to expect our healing to walk and talk like we are healed. My question is, if this is so true then why are those who do these things dying??? Why do those who name their healing die of cancer? Why do those that claim they are millionaires die broke?
WHY?
Because they never changed their bad habits…
Have you ever read the scripture that says “God’s people perish for a lack of knowledge”?
Its not what you know that will kill you its what you don’t know! What are the things in your life that you are unknowledgeable about. This scripture clearly says that God’s People perish. This scripture doesn’t say that “people” perish but He clearly defines that HIS people perish (die; suffer) due to a lack of knowledge.
Did you know that 95% of Americans are being poisoned every day? Did you not know that the chemicals in your chewing gums, toothpaste, energy drinks, snacks, chips, sodas are full of poison? Remember its not what you know that will kill you but what you don’t know…
We are killing ourselves everyday due to bad habits. Come on people when are we going to be aware of satans devices? He hates humanity and wants all of us to suffer hell on earth and hell in Eternity. He desires to implement into our lives something that will cause us to sin. He packages the sin in an attractive wrapper that will cause us to open it. He brings things into our lives that satisfy our natural appetites. He bring in those things that satisfy our sexual urges and our emotional urges. Once we are satisfied we become hooked to it because if it satisfied it this time then it will satisfy it later. Once we become hooked death begins.
Death is not just an act it’s a process. Death begins when sin is conceived. When sin is in our lives death begins to corrode our minds and our emotions which then leads to the corroding of the body.
We waste countless hours praying and confessing but never acting on what we are confessing or praying. If we do not act on what we are praying and confessing we will never get the intended results that we are confessing and praying about. GOD IS NOT GOING TO HEAL YOU IF YOU ARE STILL DOING THINGS THAT CAUSED THE SICKNESS.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU ARE NOT A GOOD STEWARD OVER $10!
WHY would God heal you of heart disease if you are going to go immediately to KFC and order not the grilled but the fried chicken combo?
WHY would God give you the man of your dreams and your hearts desire if you are going to treat him like he is nothing?
WHY would God give you a proverbs 31 wife if you are full of lust and pride?
WHY would God give you money for your business with out a plan?
WHY would God give you anything pure if you are going to use it impurely?
God is just and He is holy he is not going to give you something that you will quickly squander. He will not!
We have the power to cultivate our own healings. When you get a scratch does God come down from heaven an personally sows your wound? When you bruise your knee does God come down and miraculously heal your knee? Our body naturally heals itself due to our immune system that God has already placed inside of us. If he purposed to miraculously heal everyone every time they needed one then he wouldn’t of gave us an immune system. He gave it to us so that we can be at the same time dependant and independent of Him. He wants us to use the wisdom that he said he would freely give, He wants us to apply his word in our lives so that we can live long and effective. He wants us to be whole but the question is do we want to be whole?
Healing starts with us. Look at how Jesus dealt with people. He always referred to their faith and their efforts never His. He always said it was YOUR faith that made you whole. We sometimes view our efforts of faith as being solely praying, believing and confessing. These things are good and serve their purpose but if we do not act on it how will they become evident in our lives. We can hold a door knob all day but if we never turn it, the door will never be open. We can pray until the cows come home, we confess until the whole world hears and we can believe until Jesus comes back but if we are not willing to change our habits and develop new ones we will never see HEALING. Jesus clearly told everyone that were sick or caught in sin, to go and sin no more.
When we sin we bring onto our lives sickness, diseases’ and lack. many times we only think that the BIG sins are sins but we forget that the little foxes spoil the vines, in other words the little sins destroy our lives. The sins of disobedience that occur when we ignore the warnings of the Holy spirit that warn us to eat healthy and to not to go to certain places or hang with certain people. The little sins of worry that cause stress which then causes emotional distress and open the door to addictions. The little sins of coveting, desiring and longing for what others have so we do any and everything to get what they have risking our lives.
God knows the heart. He knows who will change and who will not. He knows who will eventually get it together and who will not. The choices we make today will show up again tomorrow if not tomorrow, the near future. Every choice we make produces a potential habit whether a good one or a bad one is determined by the initial choice. When we choose to do things poorly we cant help but expect a poor outcome if 80% of our choices are negative then the results of our lives will be negative. We can not expect to receive if we refuse to act. Today look at your life. Analyze where you are weak, oppressed, discouraged, confused, or sick? Where in your life are you failing? It may be due to poor choices and poor habits.
Today make new habits; you might just get your healing…
