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As much as we believe that it is God’s will that we are to be whole and by His stripes we are healed, I believe healing is still by the grace of God. We can keep on believing and keep on praying and one day God may heal us. That’s our faith and the hope that we cling on to. We shouldn’t lose sight of that if that’s what God has placed in our heart. Keep up the faith, believe and trust God and this applies whether it is a disease or illness or medical condition that we are afflicted with or just a bad life situation that we are in.
Until the healing or breakthrough happens, life goes on and we need to nevertheless go through whatever we are going through. It could be the suffering the illness or medical condition afflicts us or the suffering that our life situation brings us. It is a cliché but Christian life was never promised as a bed of roses. It is a life of victory over sin and the bondage of sin but not a life free of suffering and pain.
I have been healed before of fatty liver and in my medical examinations back in 2017 and the recent one, it has been confirmed that I am free of that. Yet during the recent health screening, the doctor mentioned that there is a small buildup again. So I have to cut down on my carbs to prevent a reoccurrence but I am thankful I was given a refresh, a new start when God healed me previously. However, that didn’t mean that I am completely disease free. I still have my high blood, high cholesterol and high sugar issues I need to deal with. There are other areas I’m still believing God for healing and until that happens, there is pain and suffering, agony and disappointment, sadness and discouragement.
I think the big lesson we can learn and apply from Job and his sufferings is that whatever our situation, never blame God and I use the word “never” intentionally. Not just “don’t” blame God as it is grammatically more accurate but just “never”blame God. The thought must never even be in our mind and the reasons are multiple. For one, we are not worthy to assign blame to the One who can never be wrong, the One who is perfect. He is the creator. He is omnipotent. He knows all things, He is omniscient. Secondly, He loves and cares for us as He is our Heavenly Father. Like any father, God will not want to see His children suffer – unless there is a purpose, unless He has a plan for us, unless it is to make us stronger and more matured. Job saw the purpose of God in his sufferings as it resulted in him seeing God (Job 42:5) and he repented (Job 42:6).
As mere human beings, facing pain and suffering is unavoidable like any other human. But as a believer, we draw comfort knowing that there is a purpose in our pain and suffering and we have our Heavenly Father, the Almighty God watching over us, every moment of our pain and suffering. He feels and understands what we are going through and that should encourage us to boldly march on in our walk of faith towards the goal that He has set before us heavenward in Christ Jesus as we look forward to the day as revealed in Revelation 22, the new heaven and earth, the new Jerusalem where God will reside and dwell among mankind once again!
Ronnie's Thoughts 