Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 5:
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Is there any man who wants sickness or disease in his body? What would I do to rid myself of sickness or disease and return my body to peace and health? Do I seek to have a headache, backache, or a life-threatening disease? Absolutely not! Do I try to inflict excruciating pain on my body? No way! I want my body to be completely healthy and able to do whatever my heart desires. I love my body and want to walk in the wholeness and perfect design as FATHER ordained when HE formed me in the womb. HIS Love is fully manifested when I am returned to HIS perfect design.
Each of us cherishes his or her own flesh and we all nourish our flesh with whatever resources we have available to us according to the revelation we have. Many look to men who have come up with various formulas for staying healthy but FATHER made each of us unique thus one formula does not fit all. As I seek to be one with FATHER, HE leads me to a more healthy state. As I increase in the revelation of Love, all aspects of my being will rise to a higher and healthier state until I truly attain the reality “As Jesus is so am I”.
In the above passage, Jesus clearly Loves His Body as Himself and we are His Body. We are to become One with Him so the question is “Does each of us conform to His state of complete health or does He conform to our state of health?”. There is no question that each of us will submit to His state of Divine health. In addition each of us will walk according to THE SPIRIT and produce good and desirable fruit of The Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal 5:22-23).
Jesus has prayed and declared that we be one with Him. The Beloved Disciple wrote by THE SPIRIT in John chapter 17:
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.”
Consider and ponder this prayer. If there is any prayer FATHER would answer, it is the prayer of HIS Son whom HE sent. This prayer is the expressed intent of Jesus declaring us to be His Body and His desire for us to embrace being One with Him. The disciples have testified of Jesus Christ as written in the New Testament and you and I have believed their testimony with our hearts and our confession. We are therefore included in His prayer to FATHER and should embrace the results of this prayer. FATHER is not reluctant to answer the prayer of HIS Son so we know it has been fulfilled and manifested. Let each of us accept the fullness of this prayer in our individual walks.
Love wants to share. In 1978 I was sent to Hawaii for business but my wife could not join me because she was pregnant and could not fly. I realized on that trip that even though I was in one of the most beautiful places on earth, if I did not have my wife to share it with me, it simply was not the same when viewing it alone. That Truth and reality made an indelible mark on my life. How much more is Jesus’ desire to have us experience His Divine life while walking out our individual callings!
FATHER saw that Adam should not experience life without a wife so how much more should Jesus have a bride to experience His life. As true Love is manifested between husband and wife, there is a peace beyond understanding when they are in total unity. The flesh is the outward expression of what is on the inside and bone is the structure maintaining stability and enables the flesh to accomplish the desires of the heart. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Corinthians chapter 6:
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Let us accept the Truth we are able to glorify FATHER in our bodies as well as our spirits. Let us express the reality we are members of His Body knowing that all spots and wrinkles are being removed so that we are becoming a glorious body. This Truth is greater than sickness and disease which are temporary by nature. This Truth will overcome any and all issues as we fully accept this Truth above all our trials for we are truly members of the Body of Christ!