Sickness Is A Lie, Stop Believing It

Sickness is a lie and attack of the enemy. I’m not saying that people don’t get truly sick and even die, but it’s a lie that your body has to go through sickness at all. Romans 8:11 says that if the Spirit who raised Christ from the dead lives in you then He will also give life to your mortal body for the glory of Jesus.

To think that God uses sickness to teach us humility or anything else is to not understand the character and love of God and it causes you to miss the power of God in you. Don’t point to Paul’s “thorn” and say that it’s God’s way of teaching us that we must suffer in order to see that His grace is sufficient for us (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Paul, himself, calls it a messenger from Satan sent to torment him. Instead, see it as God’s way of taking something the enemy meant for bad and doing something good with it so He would be honored. In Romans 8:28 this same Paul writes that all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Though the devil may have intended to discourage Paul and keep him from completing his mission by tormenting him, God has used it countless times to encourage His people who are going through something where they need to be reminded of His grace that covers them.

The point is, don’t accept sickness as a given part of our human experience. Stop saying, “The Lord is trying to teach me something through all this suffering.” That’s just plain nonsense! Jesus came to heal the sick as part of His ministry and mission because He is so against it. Sickness in our mortal bodies was never part of God’s plan for us.
If you have received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then the Spirit who raised Him from the dead is in you. The Spirit takes from what is Christ’s and makes it known to us so that He is glorified (John 16:14-16). Moreover, as co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17), we can take from what is His (now ours) and make it known to others who are sick so He may be glorified. Reject sickness, accept life, and make His name known among those who are sick. Proclaiming freedom from sickness is not just our right, it is our responsibility as children of the Most High God. As Jesus said in Luke 4:18-19, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."