“There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger
of Satan to buffet me.” 2 Corinthians 12:7
The amazing fact apparent in the Bible is that it is
relatively easy for a “heathen” to be healed, but that healing for a Christian
is not as easy. The New Testament overwhelmingly shows us that whenever an
unbeliever came to Jesus for healing, he was cured immediately.
Now the gift of healing is surely for the Christian no
less than for the unbeliever; yet the Bible tells of believers who were not
healed. Among these are some of the most godly—Trophimus, Timothy, and Paul. Each
of these three excellent brothers in Christ had to endure sickness.
It is clear that sickness is different from sin in its
outworking. Sin does not produce any fruit of holiness, whereas sickness does.
Do not look upon sickness or pain as something terrible. In whose hand is the
knife? Remember that it is in God’s hand.
Why should we be anxious over infirmity, as though it were
in the control of the enemy? Without God’s permission Satan can make no one
sick. All infirmities are measured to us by God for the sake of the enrichment
they can bring.
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