Sickness – Bondage or Blessing?

“So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” -Luke 13:16

Let’s see what we can learn from this verse. First, Jesus called sickness bondage. We don’t know the specific disease this woman had. It could have been crippling arthritis. The Bible called it a spirit of infirmity. But whatever it was, Jesus never called her sickness a blessing. Nor did He say, “Ought not this woman whom Satan has blessed these eighteen years be loosed?” He also didn’t say, “Whom God has blessed these eighteen years.” No, God’s blessing was in sending Jesus to loose the woman from her infirmity.

God never had anything good to say about sickness. In fact, He detested it so much that He sent His own Son to bear all the sickness of the world upon Himself. Sickness was never called a blessing in the Bible, and anyone who calls it a blessing today doesn’t know what the Bible says.

If sickness and disease are from God, then Jesus was fighting against God when He healed people. If sickness and disease are from God, then Jesus robbed God of His glory when He called sickness a bondage of Satan.

Thank God, the Bible sets us free from wrong thinking and wrong believing so we can enjoy the blessings of healing and health!

CONFESSION:

I’m not confused about where sickness came from. Sickness is a bondage from Satan. God wants me to live free of sickness and pain, so I choose to walk in health today.

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999