I've been sick the last few days. Why is it that when you're sick, it affects everything? Food tastes different- which is, nowhere near as good. Your sense of smell is gone, hearing is muffled, and talking is limited by a sore throat and coughing fits. Aching muscles and head make even the simplest tasks painful and annoying. It really does touch every aspect of your life.
As I sat here feeling miserable, I began to realize that my times of sickness are a great reminder of what sin has done to humanity. We are living in a sick world. Even non-Christians can agree with that. And the illness which makes it so miserable is sin. We see, taste, hear, feel, and speak with the affects of this sickness. I think we tend to forget that.
This is NOT the world as it is intended to be. This is a season in which we are passing through. We have been “sick” since the day we were born, so we can not imagine a world void of sin. But it will come. We have the hope and assurance of our chosen Savior, Jesus Christ. The only True Healer. Meditate on this today. Pray for the healing of those who have not accepted the blood of Christ to cleanse them. Pray for the Spirit to open their understanding to the fact that He took our sins/sickness on Himself so that we might be healed.
“Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds.” Isaiah 53:4-5
I love this analogy! Anyone who has had a sickness that lasted a long time will see how amazingly accurate this analogy is. When Jay was just learning to talk and had so many ear infections and he would try to say the sounds that he heard. When he did that we knew he had another ear infection and would take him to the doctor. Most people did not notice his speech change, but we heard it quickly because we knew him "well" and the change was obvious to us. We live with sins and they change our actions, but God knows us and wants to heal us from this disease. We are the ones that get comfortable living in our sin and not going to the ultimate healer.
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