*[Matthew 8:17AMP so that He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He Himself took our infirmities [upon Himself] and carried away our diseases.”]*

Our opening verse reveals Jesus Christ, through His finished work on the cross took away our infirmities and carried away our diseases. Notice it is past tense, Jesus already took away our sickness. So what about the pains in our bodies? It is Satan trying to do what he did to Jesus in Mathew 4. After Jesus was baptized, Mathew 3:17 says God said to Him “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” So God affirmed Jesus as His Son. Just 3 verses later in Mathew 4:3, Satan came and challenged Jesus what God had already affirmed by saying “If you are the Son of God..” God already declared Jesus as His Son and yet Satan came to challenge Him “if you are the Son of God..” This is what is happening when a believer is attacked by sickness. Jesus already took away our infirmities and carried away our diseases so by His stripes we are already healed but Satan is challenging our healing by saying “If you are truly healed…” So what should we do? Exactly what Jesus did, use the word of God. Jesus responded by declaring God’s Word. 2 times He said “It is written…” and the 3rd time He said “It is said..” and the devil had to flee. So we use the Word of God to destroy the fiery darts of the wicked one from our bodies. Everyday, Meditate on the Word, speak the word, affirm the Word, declare the Word over your body and sooner than U think you will realize the symptoms disappeared. We are Spirit beings and that is why it is important to be discipled in the spirit life. We have become partakers of God’s divine nature and therefore the Word of God from our mouth has spiritual power (John 6:63). So don’t cave in to sickness, use the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God (Eph 6:17) & you will prevail