I have been dealing with my health issues for 6 months now and it's time to take a pulse. I know nothing happens overnight and I can't rush this, but to recap. I have been dealing with the following physical issues...
1) Hashimoto disease
2) Uterine fibroids
3) Weight gain
4) Thinning hair
5) Acne
6) Fatigue
Additionally I've been wanting to focus on my "whole person" which includes my relationship with Christ and even my financial habits. So I need to fix my...
1) Lack of prayer time
2) Lack of devotion in the word of God
3) Debt management
I can go on and on and on about my issues.
However, recently in church I was listening to a sermon and something interesting was said. The speaker was talking about the man who was healed by the pool of Bethesda. Basically every year those who were lame and disabled went to the pool because an angel would come down and stir the water. Whoever was the first to get in was healed of their diseases. The lame man was laying on his bed and Jesus came by and asked him if he wanted to be made whole. The man then said that he didn't have anyone to put him in the water when the angel came.
Jesus didn't ask him that, He asked him if wanted to be made whole? Jesus told the man to take up his bed and walk and he did. He was healed of his diseases. The man didn't even know who Jesus was because when the people saw that he was healed they asked who healed him and he couldn't tell him that it was Jesus.
Later Jesus saw him in the temple and Jesus said this to him, "See you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you." John 5:14 NKJV
When I heard that I began to think about my health problems. In 2011 I believe that God healed me of my fibroids. I would wake up in the middle of the night with excruciating pain and I prayed to God (because I didn't have any health insurance back then) and for 3 months this would happen. One evening at church the speaker was speaking and he said, "Some of you all are popping pills because you don't believe the Lord will heal you..." At that point I listed up my hands and said, "God I receive your healing." and that was that. No more pain or issues. So why am I dealing with a uterus filled with fibroids now?
A few years later the speaker was praying for us and he prayed for people with thyroid issues. I had not told anyone that I was dealing with thyroid issues. I believe that God had healed me then. So why am I dealing with autoimmune thyroid issues now?
I believe in the word of God and God's word is true. It doesn't fall to the ground.
I believe that because I haven't kept my relationship with Christ and have went back and done things contrary to what God has told me....I believe that's why I am suffering. God told the man not to sin again....and He told him what would happen if he did...."something worse would happen." I have sinned against God and have gone back on my promises to God and now my life if filled with these sicknesses. When God makes you whole, you are whole. No one can change that but you.
But, this is my prayer to God....Hezekiah asked God for one more chance. Samson asked God for one more chance....God is a God of grace and mercy. He is a fair God, but He is merciful. I pray that as I make these changes in my life He will see my heart and my desire to serve Him and give me another chance to fulfill my destiny!!
In Jesus name...Amen!
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