by Kenneth Copeland
With all the mistaken ideas that tend to surround the subject of divine healing, thankfully there’s one thing about it a lot of folks accidentally get right. When they hear someone sneeze they say, “God bless you.”
That’s actually a very scriptural thing to say.
Although most people don’t realize it, according to the Bible, healing truly is a manifestation of THE BLESSING of God.
It’s not just a blessing. It’s a part of THE BLESSING God gave to Adam right after He created him. It’s a manifestation of the same power that was released upon mankind when “God blessed them, and…said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion…” (Genesis 1:28).
THE BLESSING is the most powerful spiritual force there is. It’s more than just something God said to just encourage people to have babies. It contains God’s own creative power. It was given not only so mankind could populate the earth, but so they could replenish it.
From the very beginning, God knew (even if most folks today don’t) that without THE BLESSING, as people multiplied on this planet they were going to use it up. They were going to eat everything, wear everything, and build with everything and eventually everything would get depleted.
That’s what’s happening around us right now. The earth is wearing out. It’s being depleted. But the depletion isn’t just a result of natural conditions. It’s not just being caused by the ozone or car exhaust or the lack of windmills.
The real problem is spiritual. The earth is groaning under the effects of the corruption that entered the world when Adam bowed his knee to satan. It’s suffering from the curse that came on it through sin and it’s waiting for “the manifestation of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19).
Why is it longing for us?
Because we have THE BLESSING that has the power to fix this place. It contains everything that’s needed to liberate creation and turn this planet back into a Garden of Eden.
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