Monday, January 17, 2011

Is it God's Will For Someone to be Sick or to Die Young?

There is a widespread belief among the body of Christ that it is sometimes God's will for a person to be sick and suffer or for a person to die before they have reached old age.
I challenge this belief. I do not find this to be true in the Word of God. God has come that we may have life and life more abundantly! Every good and perfect gift comes down from God, the father of light!
The Bible says the prayer of faith will heal the sick and that by Jesus stripes we are healed. Jesus paid for our healing at the time of the cross. He does not desire us to be sick and therefore suffer in vain.
You see, from the time we are born we are taught certain things and certain ways of thinking. These things come from our parents, teachers and society. Once we have developed a certain way of thinking it can be difficult to change this. But I challenge you today, to dig into the Word of God and learn the truth for yourself. The Bible is the only standard of truth that we have in this world, therefore, to know the truth, we must find it there.
The Bible says, to be transformed by the continual renewing of our minds. We must always be reading the Word of God, meditating on it, and hearing it for our minds to be transformed to God's way of thinking.
God has so many exciting truth's and treasure's to show us, if only we will seek after them. The Bible says that in the last days people will have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. How sad, to have to truth and the power of God within reach but to deny it. Don't let anyone else tell you what to believe, not even me, please! Let God show you in His Word!
Sometimes, it can be hard to believe that it is not God's will for us to suffer when we see so many good Godly people, even babies, suffer and die. But just because it happened does not negate the truth of God's Word. God's promises are activated by faith! We cannot pray for someones healing and then turn around and say with our mouth that they are never going to get healed or that they are probably going to die! We have to speak what we believe otherwise we negate our prayers! We say with our mouth, "I believe so and so is healed in Jesus name. I believe, even if I can't see it, that God's healing power is working in them right now."
So, I encourage you to seek out the truth. Ask God to show you the truth. Search His Word for yourself! Put this search as first priority in your life, it really is a matter of life and death!