One of our daughter’s family has had one after another with
different kinds of sickness since Christmas. Grandchildren with ear infections,
stomach bugs, strep throat and more. Even the adults have had bad colds and stomach
bugs. Although none of the sicknesses in themselves have been more than anyone
could handle, it’s been a drawn out affair. With the colds come runny noses,
hacking coughs and high fevers. One of the old sayings my mother lived by was “feed
a cold, starve a fever”.
The idea of feeding one thing and starving another had some
real merit. As believers, we have daily onslaughts of wrong thinking. If that weren't bad enough, if that’s not checked, we’ll find ourselves with wrong
responses. Things can literally go from
bad to worse if we don’t do something about it. What we feed is what where we grow. Unlike
colds and viruses, which must run their course, our attitudes and feelings can
be checked and the fever of hurts, anger, animosity and worry can be done away
with as we feed ourselves on the Word of God. Taking in the Word of God as our
daily dosage not only feeds the Spirit within us to make us grow and thrive, it
starves the sicknesses that want to take us over and put us to bed every day.
Oh beloved, God knows your situation! He has seen you
battling the same problem over and over. He knows you don’t know how much
longer you can survive, for the hurts and the sorrows keep coming in wave after
wave. He has the cure! The Lord Who
loves you has not left you without medicine for your heart and soul and spirit.
He has everything you need to not only survive but thrive! He says to you this
morning, Come to Me! I will show you in My Word how much I can care for you,
how much I can get you through this temporary light affliction and how much
your testimony of My Victorious living in spiritual health can be revealed!
Run to the Medicine Cabinet of God’s Word this morning. Each
dose of His Word not only combats the sickness of heart and mind you are going through;
it is the vaccination against another onslaught. What a wonderful Savior is this: He heals us
of our sicknesses and gives us a fresh healthy life every single morning! He doesn't just save us, He gives us overcoming victory so that even when the
world slings it’s worst at us, we will overcome! Oh how He loves you beloved,
oh how He cares for you and oh how He will walk with you, feeding you the Truth
which heals all the way to heaven!
Hebrews 4:12 For the
word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged
sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes
our innermost thoughts and desires.
Psalm 121:8 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and
forever.
Proverbs 4:20-22 My child, pay attention to
what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find
them, and healing to their whole body.
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