Sickness 697
If it is the enemy’s assault, rebuke it in the name of the Lord. Once a
sister had a protracted fever. After discovering that it was a satanic
attack, she rebuked it in the Lord’s name and the fever left her. If you
violate a natural law by putting your hand in the fire, you surely shall
be burnt. Take good care of yourself. Do not wait until you are sick
before you confess your negligence. It is important to take care of
your body during the ordinary days.
- The Way to Seek Healing
How should men seek healing before God? Three sentences in the
Gospel of Mark are worth learning. I find them especially helpful, at
least they are very effective for me. The first touches upon the power
of the Lord; the second, the will of the Lord; and the third, the act of
the Lord.
a) The Power of the Lord: “God can.” “And Jesus asked his
father, “How long has he had this?’ And he said, “From childhood.
And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy
him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.’ And
Jesus said to him, ‘If you can! All things are possible to him who
believes”‘ (9. 21-23). The Lord Jesus merely repeated the three
words which the child’s father had uttered. The father cried, “If you
can, help us.” The Lord responded, “If you cant Why, all things are
possible to him who believes.” The problem here is not “if you can”
but rather “if you believe.”
Is it not true that the first problem which arises with sickness is a
doubt about God’s power? Under a microscope the power of bacteria
seems to be greater than the power of God. Very rarely does the Lord
cut off others in the middle of their speaking, but here he appears as
though He were angry. (May the Lord forgive me for phrasing it this
way!) When He heard the child’s father say “If you can, have pity on
us and help us,” He sharply reacted with “Why say if you can? All