Revival in Health

Pastor Brian Aki

Inspire Church Waikele
 

Scripture

PSALMS 30:2 (NIV)

O Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.

2 TIMOTHY 1:7 (NIV)

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, 

of love and of self-discipline.

Observation

In this scripture, King David is praising God for delivering him from sickness to health. David begins this psalm with exalting the Lord, acknowledging God hears him, and praising Him for his deliverance. 

In 2 Timothy, Paul recognized timidity in Timothy, and Timothy knew of the fear he sometimes felt in different situations and circumstances. God wanted Timothy to know the fear he sometimes felt didn’t come from Him. 

Application

This season of Covid-19 allowed us to see both of these scriptures played out in and around us. We all probably know people who either praised the Lord for delivering them from sickness or lived in fear causing them to isolate themselves and worry. In fact, this is still happening all around us today. What this season accomplished is a division and isolation of people. Isolation and division undermine our spiritual, physical and mental health. We have unfortunately bore witness to people falling away from a relationship with God, physically unhealthy because of worry and anxiety, and mentally not the same. God reminds us that although this is our circumstance right now, it’s not forever. We are equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit to rebuke, bind and cast out these things that have taken residence in our lives. We also have the power of love, the love of Jesus Christ, the transforms not only our lives but the lives of others around us. We finally have the power of self-discipline. Self-discipline is the antidote to our fears. If we begin to put into practice God’s Word in our life, then we will begin to see how healthier we can become. Things in our lives become less of a fad and more of a lifestyle. We are no longer entering a new year with the hope to have a healthier Spirit, body, and mind, but we are mapping out the course of action to get there. For this year to be a banner year, we need a personal revival in our spiritual, physical and mental health. 

Prayer 

Father, we thank You that You are a God that not only hears the prayers of a righteous man and woman, but You respond according to Your will. I pray that personal revival begins in each one of us right now. Give us clarity on the course of action we are to take and allow us to remember that You give us the power of self-discipline. I ask these things in Your Son’s precious and glorious name, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Reflection

What do you need to do personally to have a revival in your life that brings health to your spirit, body and mind?