One of the most important lessons that I have ever learned on healing came through Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional!
Chastening
That he might sanctify and cleanse it [the
Church] with the washing of water by the word. — EPHESIANS 5:26
“You’ve forgotten,” someone said to me.
“What did I forget?”
“In the Book of Hebrews it says, ‘ . . .whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth . . .’” (Hebrews 12:6).
“No, I didn’t forget. That verse is still in there. But it
doesn’t say, ‘whom the Lord loveth He makes sick.’”
People put their own interpretation on verses. “Chasten” in
the Greek means to child train, to educate. You train your children. You
send them to school. But did you ever tell the teacher, “If Johnny doesn’t do
right, knock his eye out,” or “If Johnny is disobedient, break his leg,” or
“Give him cancer.” No! That isn’t the way you discipline or train a child! And
that’s not the way God does it either!
Confession: I am trained by the Word and the Spirit of
God. I am educated by the Word and the Spirit of God. I am disciplined by the
Word and the Spirit of God. With the washing of water by the Word, I am cleansed!
AMEN! God does NOT bring sickness and idsease on us to 'teach' us anything! In face, He HAS no sickness and disease to bring! He IS LIGHT and there is NO DARKNESS in Him (1 John 1:5)!
Refuse to even entertain that thought for a moment! Fill your heart and mind with the TRUTH of the Word of God and allow faith to build and grow until you can stand strong against every work and worker of darkness that seeks to bring you into bondage! Whom the SON has set free, IS free! INDEED! Amen! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Freedom Is Here":
Shalom in Him!
