Have you ever wondered why we get sick? Why is it that our bodies can be infected with various viruses and troubled by different ailments? The short answer is because sin exists. Sin brought with it a whole host of different problems when humanity succumbed to temptation. With the fall of man came various consequences and sickness is one of those consequences. The reason why I felt it necessary to address this topic today is because there is a lot of talk going on about COVID-19 at the moment. With all this discussion have come many different takes on God’s plan for our lives in these challenging times. One such forwarded message I recently received from a friend said:
“One of the blessings God has for us is health. Sickness is not part of His plan for your future. In His goodness, He wants to come and remove sickness from our lives. Believe for divine health and trust Him to protect and heal you” – Author Unknown
While this message is very encouraging there are parts of it that are untrue as we will experience sickness in this life for a few different reasons such as:
- A result of living in a fallen world
- Poor health choices
- Satanic or demonic attack or influence
- God’s cause or allowance
That last reason may make you feel a bit uncomfortable. But we must remember that God is Sovereign and above everything in His creation. Sometimes we will get sick because we simply walked past someone else who was sick and get infected with whatever they have or maybe our sickness is self-inflicted through prolonged poor health choices. Sickness can also possibly be a result of a demonic attack or maybe, just maybe, God is causing or allowing us to be sick for a specific purpose to accomplish a specific goal in our life or someone’s close to us.
While we don’t have the time to get into all the theological discussions that could be had on this topic, what I want us to take away from this post is that we will get sick in this life for a variety of reasons. And when trying to determine the reason for our sickness we must remember that God is still good, even in our sickness, and that God has every ability to use that sickness for our good:
28 We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose – Romans 8:28
Much Love,
Luke
