Medicine or Jesus?

[Sweet Violet]

This is a great thread! Reading it has brought me out of a hole that I have been lingering in for a few days...Thank you Jesus, and thank you everyone here at TJ.

I am going on holiday for a few days, looking forward to catching up with you when I get home.

God bless,

S. V. xxxxx

 

[ladylovesJesus]

So happy to hear that sweet violet. We are here to help one another.

Hope you have a good holiday and may the Lord really bless you too.

God bless :rainbow: :rose:

 

[monkeys]

Chad,

Good message. I have a thyroid condition and I have to take medication to make sure that it is running properly. I recently went to the doctor and they told me that I might need to increase my dosage because my glad has enlarged due to overworking. It is difficult at time. I really don't want to take the medication, but if I don't I could potentially die.

I am not angry with God in any way about this. I know that everything happens for a reason. I know that God will heal me in His time and in His way. I have faith that it will come to pass. The doctors also did tests to see if I have diabetes (because it runs in the family), but I know it will be okay.

It is important to have faith in Jesus. He is our healer. He is my healer! I know that he will use my thryoid as a way to minister to others. Praise God for his mysterious ways!


Blessings,
monkeys

 

[Dreamer]

Even though it was humbling to admit here publicly that I'm back on meds...the Lord seemed to be prodding me gently to do so. And now I see that God is helping others to open up with their problems so that He can love on us and heal us.

We should not be ashamed of mental illness issues or see them as a sin any more than we view cancer or diabetes as a sin. Jesus is our Healer, our Provider, and He has countless ways of reaching out to us.

I want God to receive glory from what we say here in this thread. Thank you, Brother Chad, for starting this thread.

 

[Chad]

I am subscribed to the BGEA magazine newsletter called Decision. I highly recommend every subscribe, its free. Anyway, the last issue on the back cover had an article about some preacher (note: I am at Starbucks on my laptop, so I do not have this issue next time, I will try to remember the main point of the story anyway). The preacher was giving a speech to thousands of people. He allowed people to ask him questions, he would answer with Scripture. He noticed his time running out so he allowed one more attendee to ask a question. He noticed a young handicapped boy wanting to ask a question. The preacher was kindly granting this to the young handicapped child. The young boy was struggling to get his questions out, but the preacher kindly assured him to take his time. The preacher made clear he would not end the sermon until the boy's question was asked and answered. The boy finally was able to speak through and asked:

"If GOD is real, 'why me' [this regarding his handicap]?"

The preacher answered:

"Young man, if you were fit, would you have come to hear me tonight"?

The handicapped child shook his head.

Preacher says:

"Perhaps this is GOD's way of trying to get you to see His love for you"



That's as close as I can remember the article, but good enough to make a point.

 

[Son Worshiper]

I believe in the Lord's ability to heal people of any affliction.
I also believe the Lord gave me the common sense to seek out a qualified medical doctor when I'm sick. Lol.
If the Lord works through the experienced hands of a surgeon or doctor to alleviate suffering or end an illness, is it any less miraculous or less worthy of praise? Not in my opinion.

I have high blood pressure (very high). It runs in both sides of my family, and it nearly killed me in 1991 when it led to my kidneys partially shutting down (at one point they were only functioning at 20% of normal). My family prayed, our church prayed, even my doctor, an amazing 80-year old Korean gentleman who was a born again Christian prayed. After 4 days, my kidneys began working better. Day by day they started operating at increasingly higher rates. By the end of a week, blood work and tests showed they were at 100-percent again. This stumped the hospital which had scheduled me for dialysis and had began asking my relatives about the possibility of a kidney transplant.

I gave the glory to God, as did my doctor. But I've no doubt that the excellent medical care I received also played a role. So I believe that often times the Lord can work hand-in-hand with medical doctors and medicine down here.

 

[thomasb41]

makes you wonder

makes you wonder when the doctors give you the medicine will it really help
or not. course we know that jesus can heal any pain or sickness praise be to god!

 

[kenwyn]

I want to echo the appreciation for the skill of doctors and for the power of God to work miraculously.

Let's also raise a cheer for our own immune systems, which protect us from all kinds of nasties, and for all those God-given white blood cells that fix up our bumps and bruises.

Most of the time it is neither God's special intervention or medical expertise that keeps us well. It is our own bodies that mend themselves.

Praise God, we are wonderfully made!