Exodus 23:25
Worship the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.
If we are in need of healing for our physical body, we need to put what God’s Word says about health into context with these two scripture passages.
Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” John 5:14
“Faith without works is useless.” James 2:20
Essentially, once God does His part, we must do our part! He heals us and we maintain the healing!
Personally, I don’t think that sickness as a sin issue. And from what I can see in Scripture, neither does Jesus. Otherwise, why would He say this in John 9:3? “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.”
The point that I think our Lord is trying to make is that, when we sin, we put ourselves in harm’s way. Reckless behavior, misuse of medicines and deliberate poor food choices (i.e. all “sins”) can and oftentimes damages our bodies and will make us more susceptible to get sick. That is why it’s so crucial to put faith to our deeds and put deeds to our faith!
As you seek God for healing, I suggest you do your best to learn how to be healthy and make the proper abundant life-giving choices. Starting with the foods you eat. I have a saying, “Eat bad – feel bad, eat good – feel good.” I can personally attest to this because every time I eat something unhealthy, which by the way I enjoy, I end up feeling bad. When I stay on good wholesome foods, I feel good.
