The Body for the Lord, the Soul for His Glory

The Lord does not heal the body as an end in itself. His healing is a calling, a summons, an invitation into divine ownership. When He touches our mortal frame and raises it from weakness, it is not merely so we can return to the routines of daily life. It is so we may become living sanctuaries of His presence. For too long, we have misunderstood healing as a gift without a giver, a miracle without a Master. But when Jesus heals, He comes to inhabit.

Yes, there is a healing that comes by means of natural law, by the wisdom of physicians and the mercy of created remedies. But that is not the healing of the upper room. That is not the healing that made Bartimaeus leap, nor the healing that raised the paralytic from his mat. The healing of Jesus is divine. It flows from the throne of God, through the hands of the anointed, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

I tell you now, the method of Jesus is not a method at all—it is a Person. It is Jesus Himself stepping into our affliction, not with a prescription, but with resurrection. He takes possession of the sick body, not just to relieve it, but to re-purpose it—to make it His.

When a soul is healed this way, joy erupts like new wine in old wineskins. There is dancing, and shouting, and trembling. The one who receives it cannot stay silent. He glorifies God, not just with his lips, but with his life. Every breath becomes praise, every step a testimony.

Consider Fred Bosworth—dying by man’s measure, but traveling to Fitzgerald, Georgia, upheld by God’s purpose. He didn’t just arrive; he witnessed. His healing was not just survival; it was surrender to a calling.

Many have read the Word and found healing while no hands were laid, no voices raised in prayer—just truth seeding faith. “The Word is the seed,” Jesus said. And the harvest comes when faith is mixed with hearing. Faith is not manufactured by emotion. It is ignited by revelation.

So I ask: how big is God in your body? In your pain? In your diagnosis? Is He there only to comfort, or is He present to conquer?

This is the Gospel we must preach—Jesus the Healer, Jesus the Possessor, Jesus the Temple-Dweller. It is not enough to be healed. We must be taken over. For when the body is given over to Christ, the soul follows. And in that surrender, the full blessing of the Gospel is made known.

Psalm 29:11 declares, “The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace.” Not just peace from sickness—but the peace that comes when the Healer becomes your Lord.

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The Fullness of Life and the Secret of Victory

It is not enough to say, “Zap me, Lord.” Healing is not magic. Healing is holy. And it requires attention—a listening ear, a yielded heart, a readiness to be transformed. The sickness that brings us low can be the invitation to walk higher. For God is not simply interested in mending what is broken; He is forming vessels of glory.

This is why some do not receive. Not because God is unwilling, but because the seed has not taken root. No farmer expects a harvest without planting. And no believer can expect healing without the Word. “Faith comes by hearing,” says Romans 10:17, “and hearing by the Word of God.” You must know that healing is God’s will. You must see it in the Word, hear it in your spirit, and believe it in your bones.

The life that Christ brings is exuberant. It is the calf leaping from the stall, kicking and jumping with strength it didn’t know it had. It is a spiritual bucking of every former boundary. It is the joy of release, the wild freedom of grace.

But with freedom comes fruitfulness. Jesus said, “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit—fruit that remains.” (John 15:16). Not just healing, but wholeness. Not just relief, but purpose.

Healing that comes from Jesus is tied to repentance. Sin is not just a problem to manage—it is rebellion to renounce. And many do not get well because they want to stay in charge. But the moment we yield, the moment we say, “Lord, have all of me,” the Holy Spirit begins His work—not just in the blood or bones, but in the depths of the soul.

Bosworth knew this. He saw thousands healed. But he declared, “Even if I never see another man healed, I will preach the whole Gospel.” Why? Because healing is not the cornerstone. Christ is. Experience may vary. But the Word never fails.

Some will say, “But Paul was sick.” Yet even through what others saw as weakness, handkerchiefs from his body healed the sick. The anointing does not always look like strength. Sometimes it looks like surrender.

Jesus bore not just our sin, but our sickness. He carried our pain. That’s not allegory—it’s truth. It’s blood-soaked redemption. It is real and raw and raging with love.

You say you want victory? Then abide. Stay in Him. Let the Vine flow through the branch. “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep His covenant” (Psalm 25:10).

Healing is not just recovery. It is resurrection life breaking through time and touching mortal man. And this Gospel—the full Gospel—must be preached. For Jesus has not changed. He is still the Healer. And He is still calling you to rise.