Why do we “blame” God for
sickness, (“It must be God’s will…”)?
Why do we give the devil credit for
sickness (“It is an attack by Satan”)?
The truth is before us,
where we always find truth: The Bible.
Gen 2:16-17 "And the
LORD God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when
you eat of it you will surely die.'"
Sickness originated in the
Garden, by the choice of man. “You will surely die.” The very first indication
of sickness in His Word. Adam and Eve ushered in sickness by buying in to the deception
of the enemy (read the story).
Our enemy is NOT a
CREATOR. He cannot bring anything into our lives that wasn’t invited there from
the disobedience of our very first earthly “father” – Adam.
And this is not about blaming
Adam.
This is about – STOP GIVING
THE DEVIL CREDIT. Stop building up his portfolio.
As a child of God, we have
the power to diminish the “press” that feeds the ego of our enemy.
And it’s not just sickness
we give him credit for: We give him credit when we have financial issues. I don’t
know about you, but he has NEVER written any checks on my bank account. They
are all signed by ME.
We give him credit when
the car breaks down. We give him credit when the utility bill is high. We give
him credit when we have a wayward child. We give him credit when addiction
takes over, or takes out, a life. We give him credit for everything that is
unpleasant in our lives.
Wow.
All he really deserves
credit for is being a great deceiver. And the father of lies. And one of those
lies is that he is responsible for all our discomfort. He doesn’t care what
kind of press he gets, as long as he gets it.
And this is all he’s getting
from me today: He ain’t nothin’.
I counter the negative
thoughts with this truth:
“Every good and perfect
gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who
does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17
If it’s good, it’s God. If
it’s not good…it originated with Adam’s disobedience and is either a product of
that, or a result of a careless decision on my part.
Here’s what I know: I am a
Kingdom dweller. The enemy does not live in my Kingdom. Move in here, and he
stands on the outside with his tongue hanging out wishing he were one of US.
Come on guys, stop feeding
his ego….Instead of “blaming” the enemy, or resigning to “it must be God’s will”….Start
finding out what God’s will really is (look up the promises in the Bible), and
make the devil a bad memory.
How many times a day do
you examine what is on the bottom of your shoes? When you walk down the street
do you think about what is under your feet? Well, he (enemy) deserves no more
thought than the dust that gathers on the bottom of my flip-flops. He is under
our feet (look it up). He is so far beneath a Kingdom dweller that he doesn’t
even know what color the soles of my shoes are (no, that’s not in the Bible –
just putting him in his place).
Death, sickness, bad stuff….Not
God’s fault…not God’s intention and not within the devil’s power in a believer’s
life.
Take charge of your life.
Put him in the trash where he belongs. Put God on the throne where HE belongs….and
begin to thrive….Amen.
