John 18:38“What is truth?” retorted Pilate.
Symptoms are the body’s language to the mind. Our body talks to us through pains, uneasiness and symptoms. The dialect of the body and the diagnosis of the doctors are facts but not the truth. The truth is – Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you (Exodus 23:25). It is pertinent to know that God does not communicate to us through sickness. Many believe that God is teaching and correcting them through sickness. He speaks to us through His Word, through His still small voice and impressions in our heart. When worship fades and the fear of God weakens, the walls are breached, leaving both body and mind vulnerable. Good health and fullness of life is God’s plan for us. Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2). It is a lie that God wants us to suffer with sickness, barrenness or prolonged illness.
Faith does not consider or notice the symptoms of the body. The facts that the body presents will shake our faith when we stop dwelling on the prognosis and the diagnosis. Abraham suffered from infertility for a century, yet he did not dwell on facts about the deadness of his body or the sterility of his wife’s womb. Logical thinking destroys faith. Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead (Romans 4:19). Ruminating on the facts weaken faith but meditating on the truth augments trust.
Symptoms are facts but God’s Word is the truth:
- Diagnosis: Our body communicates to the brain about a pain or symptom; the brain then analyzes the probable scenarios. With the aid of ChatGPT, our inhouse diagnosis has become much easier. Don’t allow your mind to give you the diagnosis.
- Dialogue: Speak to the symptom and curse it. Stop pleading in prayer and speak to the mountain.
- Defuse: Defeat pessimistic thoughts and false alarms. Defuse stress and defeat sickness.
“Don’t listen to the lies that the body screams – God’s Word is the truth”.
Prayer: Jesus, Your name, blood and Word are my antidote to all sickness. Amen.
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