He shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee

And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. KJV Exd 23:25

This makes me smile!

But again, it takes action. To get the blessing  and protection from sickness, one must "serve".

Now, let's do a little bit of biblical research and use Strong's Lexicon. In doing so, we find out that the word serve is this verse is `abad. The word  is a verb or word that connotes action! It's meaning is: to labour, work, do work , to serve (God).

The action on your part is the giving of yourself, by your own freewill, of your own decision to labour or work for God. Now that is something to think about. Why would you want to do that?

Are you familiar with the law that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? I think of it when I try to explain why. Not the same law most likely but more aptly put in the Bible, it is the law of giving and receiving. When you give, you receive back from God.

Because in return for your giving of yourself, God's "giving back" or promise in this verse is to bless (per Strong's = barak , a verb, meaning to bless or kneel) your food (lechem )and your water and he will (cuwr ) turn aside or make depart or make come to an end or remove disease and sickness (machaleh) from the midst (qereb) of thee.

Listen to that again,  the removal of sickness is available  from the midst (qereb) of thee. The word midst  includes the most inward part of your physical bodies which includes thoughts and emotions which is your mind. 

I love the benefits of serving my Loving God! And I love doing this work just now. It was fun :). See how easy serving is?

Reference: < http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Exd&c=23&t=KJV >