“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Phil. 4:13).
Jesus Christ is our strength. I don’t know about you, but every time I’ve had a disease or sickness try to attach itself to me, it hasn’t given me strength; it’s drawn strength out of me.
But then I turn to the promises in God’s Word. As I continually keep my eyes on Jesus and draw strength from Him, that sickness has to leave!
In the Old Testament, when the children of Israel were bitten by serpents, they had to look steadfastly at the brass serpent on the pole in order to be healed (Num. 21:8-9).
That brass serpent was a type of Jesus Christ, because when Jesus hung on the Cross, He became sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21). And if we fix our gaze upon Jesus Christ and what He did for us on the Cross of Calvary, then we, too, can receive our healing.
But that means we must look at Him and not at the symptoms. The reason we’ve had such trouble getting rid of symptoms is that we’ve spent too much time looking at them. Second Corinthians 4:18 says, “We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
That which is seen is temporal, or subject to change. That which is not seen is eternal, or not subject to change. In other words, we could say, “For we look not at the symptoms but at the promises of God’s Word, because the symptoms are subject to change according to the promises of God’s Word!”
I keep my eyes on Jesus, my strength. Circumstances, situations and symptoms must change, but the Word of God will never change. I constantly attend to His Word, and it is life to me and medicine to my flesh.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.