Do We Enjoy Sickness
So why does god allow this.
Do we enjoy sickness. While sickness is not directly addressed in the passage hebrews 12 5 11 describes god disciplining us to produce a harvest of righteousness verse 11. It has been considered a condition since the medieval ages and symptoms that have remained consistent across time include a loss of appetite and insomnia. And no matter what happens we can trust that god is good because that is his nature. He often shows his love and compassion for us through others who minister to us and care for us during times of sickness 2 corinthians 1 3 5.
In sickness and in health in times of hurt and healing we have to remember to trust god. While that may sometimes be the case sickness is often just a result of living in a fallen world. It is only a sickness when you derive pleasure from it and will consistently do it even when you know it is wrong. But in this world our bodies endure sickness pain decay.
What you need to do jesus christ pointedly explained what we must do in order to enjoy a future world without sickness. We can begin to believe that sickness is the result of a person s sin. It is undeniable though that god sometimes intentionally allows or even causes sickness to accomplish his sovereign purposes. Psalm 107 9 says for he satisfies the longing soul and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
You can cheat on your taxes but you can t cheat on sickness. Make no mistake god is grieved when those he loves are suffering. Lovesickness refers to an affliction that can produce negative feelings when deeply in love during the absence of a loved one or when love is unrequited. Sickness can be a means of god s loving discipline.
Getting sick is rarely if ever fun for anyone but we all get sick. Our society tends to regard as a sickness any mode of thought or behavior that is inconvenient for the system and this is plausible because when an individual doesn t fit into the system it causes pain to the individual as well as problems for the system. When we get sick we all have a choice of how to work with illness. He created the human body and he is pleased when we enjoy health and vigor.
We can choose to be miserable or we can choose to learn about ourselves and grow from the experience. Learning to not hurt those you love will be a lesson well learnt. We are just human doing human things and hopefully learning from our mistakes.