Causes II

Jer.17:¹⁴ (NIV) Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

Sometimes, people experience health issues and it is not because of sin, or because of God’s glory. Yes, God will still take the glory but that is not the original intent. The health issue is just because the world is broken. Imagine that at an intersection on a major road, someone that was supposed to stop at the red light did not stop because he or she felt smart. Then an accident occurs and the believer who obeyed the traffic law got injured. That believer got injured not because of sin, or because of God’s glory, but purely because the world is broken.

The fourth cause of sickness could be spiritual wickedness. Eph. 6:¹² (KJV) “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Do not let anyone deceive you, spiritual wickedness exists, it is real. There are people with demonic powers going around causing pain in people’s lives. Do you know that some people go to schools looking for a child to afflict with sickness? People go to work, to the market place and even go to church and they are looking at perpetrating wickedness. Our prayer today is that if such people come to our local assembly to try any of such, their wickedness will fall on their own heads in the Name of Jesus. Some people just develop strange ailments with no medical explanation, and it is purely spiritual wickedness. It will take God’s goodness to reverse such illnesses.

The fifth cause of sickness could be food and drink. By food and drink, we mean what you eat and drink. You are what you eat; so, pay attention to what goes into your mouth. God says He will bless your bread and your water and protect you from illness and disease (Ex.23:25). Your bread and your water influence your health. People have some funny conditions just because of their diet; they are eating what is destroying them. When they stop, they begin to feel better. The truth is, many of us actually need to stop eating certain things. There is no amount of prayer, fasting, night vigil, or counselling that can turn things around until we are willing to change what we eat (1 Cor.9:27). This is so unbelievably important.

Prayer (song): Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. For You are the one I praise, You are the one I praise. Amen!