A Harvest of Healing

"And the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!" - Mark 4:20 NLT

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Not long ago, I heard a wonderful teaching about how we can apply Jesus’ 30-fold, 60-fold, and 100-fold principle to our healing needs. Since Jesus stated that the seed is the Word of God (Mark 4:14), we can plant the seeds of God’s promises of healing and health in the soil of our hearts, by praying and saying (confessing) them, in order to bring forth a harvest of physical healing.

Jesus’ progression shows that our healing can happen in stages. If we keep this in mind, we won’t get discouraged when our healing manifests incrementally, instead of instantly. Perhaps you have been suffering with chronic pain or a severe illness, and after praying and meditating on God’s promises, you notice a 30% improvement in your symptoms. Instead of complaining or giving up, you thank and praise God for every stage of improvement. As you continue to pray and say God’s promises in faith, you suddenly realize that you are 60% healed, which means that you are more healthy than you are sick! If you refuse to settle for anything less than your 100-fold harvest of healing, and you make up your mind to keep believing for complete wholeness, the seed of the Word of God will eventually bring forth your 100-fold manifestation of healing.

Since Jesus said that the quality of the soil of our hearts determines our harvest, we must actively guard our hearts against certain harvest killers. The Savior said that Satan will try to steal the Word of God before it takes root and bears fruit. (Mark 4:15) We can neutralize his attacks by clinging to God’s promises, and refusing to let symptoms talk us out of our 100-fold harvest. We can avoid having “stony” hearts by refusing to allow pain, negative medical reports, or symptoms to harden our hearts, and rob us of our healing. (Mark 4:16-17 NKJV) Because Jesus warned us against allowing the “cares of this world” to choke the Word and make it unfruitful, we must resist fear and anxiety, which can act as “thorns” that choke out the life-giving power of the healing seed. (Mark 4:18-19 NKJV)

Jesus states in Mark 4:24 (NKJV): “With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you.” How we choose to “measure,” or weigh, God’s Word against our physical condition can determine the quality of our harvest. If we focus most of our attention on our symptoms, we limit the fruitfulness of God’s promises. But if we take every negative thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5), and choose to give more weight to God’s Word than to a medical diagnosis, we open the door to a harvest of wholeness. I’m aiming for a 100-fold harvest of healing today. How about you?

Prayer: Lord, teach me how to apply your 30-fold, 60-fold, and 100-fold teaching to my need for bodily healing. Help me to acknowledge and be grateful for every stage of improvement. Don’t let me settle for less than Your best. Thank You as I continually praise You throughout this process, I will experience a harvest of healing that will draw others to You and Your life-changing Word!

- J. M. Farro

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