Does anyone actually enjoy being sick? I’ll gladly admit that I don’t. Not one bit of me celebrates the sickness. I want it to be over and I want to move on. Sometimes I just get sick and tired of being sick and tired. Can sickness teach us anything? (If you’re currently sick, maybe read this when you’re feeling better because right now you’re saying “no.”) It’s possible that the only way to get better is for the sickness to come out of you. Not suppress it, but allow it to leave.
Is Worse Really Better?
Initially, this can seem like you aren’t getting better at all. In fact, sometimes we feel worse before we feel better…possibly a lot worse. How can worse be better? Allowing sickness to run its course provides the opportunity for your body to do what it was amazingly designed to do. Resulting in you recovering from whatever ailment. This can also help your body to not be re-infected, which will end in you staying sick longer.
Okay, so get sick and allow the body to heal…how is this supposed to help me? I still don’t want to be sick. I know, I know – me either. Have you thought about how this compares to our human nature and God’s desire for our lives? News Flash – hate to break it to you – you AREN’T perfect. (Better news – you aren’t called to be.) What if we viewed our imperfections like sickness? When we suppress them instead of working through them, they only fester deeper and deeper. We don’t move past them and grow, but are held back from the things we hold within.
Sick & Tired, but Healing
I need God to help me through my worldly ways. I don’t want to be a person who struggles with the same things over and over. When an issue comes up, like bitterness, anxiety, depression, judgment, (name your struggle), I want to overcome. I don’t like dealing with the same thing over and over. But I’ve heard it said that you take the test repeatedly until you pass it. Such is the case with our various issues in life.
He doesn’t want me to pretend I’m full of joy when I’m harboring resentment. He doesn’t want me to walk a fake version of who I really am. But He does want me to walk in who He created me to be. He longs for us to be whole in Him. Which means we have to allow Him to work out the human tendencies we can hold onto.
It won’t always be easy. It definitely won’t be pretty. But it will be worth it. If we open ourselves to allow the one true Healer in, He will do more than we could ever think or imagine. He will help us truly rid ourselves of things that keep us “sick.” Things that make us unlike Him. He can help us find undeniable joy. Through Him we can have a peace that passes all understanding. He can teach us to walk in love, for others and ourselves. He alone can make us well!
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