Bible Question: I very much want to know why we as children of God are not cleaning out hospitals and mental facilities. In prayer, every angle is covered. I do not think it is lack of faith. Thanks for letting me ask.   Bible Answer: There is one basic question we need to ask, "Are there reasons God will not heal everyone today? Let's start by asking, "Why are people sick?"      Why Are We Sick? God uses suffering to bring unbelievers to Himself. One great example is the king of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4,     Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. (NASB) Daniel 4:33   God had warned this man to recognize that God rules, to do righteousness and to show mercy to the poor. But he did not, so for seven years this king lived like an animal of the field (Dan. 4:28-34). At the end of the seven years the king raised his eyes to heaven and praised and honored God. It was then the king's sanity returned to him (Dan. 4:34-36). I believe he became an Old Testament saint (Dan. 4:37). God used illness in this man's life to cause him to believe. This is one reason - a major reason God uses illness in the life of a non-Christian. The second reason God uses illness in the life of a non-Christian is discipline for flagrant sinful conduct (2 Chronicles 21:16-19; Rom. 1:27).      God uses illness in the life of a Christian also. 1 Cor. 11:30 the Holy Spirit says that some Christians were sick and even died because they participated in the Lord's Supper in an "unworthy manner." At times like this, God uses illness to motivate Christians to stop sinning (Heb. 12:4-11). He also uses illness for His own glory and to grow a Christian spiritually. Listen to the Holy Spirit's description of Job (Job 1:1; 8; 2:3),     There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job, and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning away from evil. (NASB) Job 1:1   Notice that God describes Job as being "blameless" in the first verse of Job. What follows in the book is a trial that God allows Job to go through even though he is "turning away from evil." Job loses his wealth, family, and his health. Eventually, Job sins through his suffering, but he never curses God as Satan had predicted (Job 1:11). God is glorified as a result, and in the end He learns some great truths about God and eventually he says,     I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees Thee. (NASB) Job 42:5   In the end God restores Job's wealth and gives him more (Job 42:10).      God also uses illness to turn a Christian away from sin.     You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; (NASB) Hebrews 12:4-5       < Back   Next >
	Home | Logo | Search For God | Weekly Study | Q & A | Other Studies Copyright © Like The Master Ministries. All Rights Reserved. Q & A