But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the
dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the
dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his
Spirit that dwelleth in you (Romans 8:11).
Did you know that the presence of the
Holy Spirit in you, vitalizes your physical
body? Your body therefore has the
capacity for divine health. That’s reality.
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit;
He lives in you with all of His glory and
power.
1 Corinthians 6:15 says, "Know ye not that your bodies
are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ, and make them the members of an
harlot? God forbid." Notice that Paul used the plural
noun "bodies," to refer to each one of us in the body of
Christ; your body is "a member of Christ"; not just your
spirit! Christ lives in, and uses, your physical body; He
rules and functions in your body.
This was again the Apostle Paul’s submission in the next
verse when he said, "And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and
walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people" (2 Corinthians 6:16). First, he says, "I will
dwell in them," that means settle down, or make His
headquarters in you. This happened when you received
the Holy Spirit to live in you. Then he continues: "…and
walk in them."
"Walk," there, is the Greek word "emperipateō," which
means to perambulate: to walk up and down in a
supervisory way, as an official assigned to a border
would. That official keeps moving up and down that
border, to see if there’s been a breach, so he could fix
it. The Holy Spirit does this inside you: He perambulates
in you, and if anything goes wrong in your physical body,
He’ll fix it; and if He needs to renew it, He’ll renew it.
Can you see why no sickness, disease, or infirmity should
have the power to ravage your physical body? Let Him
rule your body.