We've all been hearing much about the latest health-care solution brought about by the Obama Administration. I would like to suggest something from which we can all benefit: Love, Help, Fatih, and Hope.
LOVE
LOVE for God which also denotes trust: If we would do this first, the simplicity of it, though not very intellectual could change our hearts about needing health-care from anyone or anything other than where God has already provided it.
Proverbs 3:4-8 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths. Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn your back on evil. Then you will gain renewed health and vitality.
HELP
When the above doesn't work, try getting some HELP from those placed in charge of you spiritually.
James 5:14-15 | Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. |
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
Of course the above statements are predicated on belief in God in the first place therefore if you are reading this and are shocked that these things are actually in the bible or are saved and thought this was somehow under some other dispensation or for another age in order that the church may be built, consider how well we have done believing that healing is just for doctors for the most part and that God chooses to do miracles every once in a while for no apparent reason. That may very well be true: 1 Corinthians:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Faith
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1
Hope
Romans 8:24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?
We don’t see it yet, but I believe that we will; a church so in love with God that sickness will greatly dissipate, health will flourish, and His name will be well known. This isn’t about a government providing through taking from people to give to others, it is about receiving from God what He as already provided; LIFE
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24
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