Thanking David For Showing Me What May Be Causing My Sickness
Have you ever read the Bible to see what it says about our health? It really does tell us a lot about how to restore our health. The one who created this body of mine actually has some very wise words on how to take care of it.
I see in Psalm 38 that David actually says he had no health left in his body or soundness in his bones. Have you ever felt that way?
David, the psalmist, talks about being rebuked or disciplined by God. He asks God not to get angry with him. He said there’s no health in his body or soundness in his bones. He acknowledges the reason. He says, “Because of my sin.” He feels guilt. The guilt is overwhelming and feels like a burden too heavy to bear.
He goes on to mention the RESULTS of his sinful folly. Wounds fester and are loathsome. He’s bowed down and brought very low. He goes about mourning. His back is full of searing pain, and no health is left in his body. He’s feeble, literally crushed, and groans in anguish of heart.
He goes to God openly with his longings and sighs. His heart pounds, and his strength is failing; even light has gone from his eyes.
Where are his friends, companions, and neighbors? They avoid him because of his wounds. They stay far away. This is the perfect time for his enemies to enter his life. Those who want to see him dead set traps for him. He says, “Those who would harm me, talk of my ruin and plot deception.”
He then compares himself to a deaf man. One who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth. If he can’t hear, he can’t reply.
He chooses to wait on the Lord. He knows He will answer.
He asks for no one to gloat or exalt themselves over him when his foot slips. (I’m thinking of those trying to get out of addiction and fall, yet no one shows grace)
He acknowledges he’s about to fall and how great this pain is. It always seems to be there.
Here is his key to regaining health. Are you ready to read this?
“I confess my iniquity. I am troubled by my sin.”
Enemies are always going to be around, repaying any good he has done with evil. Some people hate. They don’t need a reason. They will speak badly no matter what good anyone does.
He is pleading for God to be near. He asks God to come quickly to help him, calling out to the Lord his Savior.
Whenever you feel you may have slipped so far into sin and sickness strikes, like David, come to God with those words. Confess where you’ve gone against God and His ways. If you are troubled by your sin, not just the results of your sin, God sees you.
Many times, it is the results of our sinful folly that bring us to God. Sometimes it’s our enemies that lead us back to God as we need His protection. In a weakened state, we can be overcome by the world and its ways.
I’ll leave you with these words from David, Psalm 38. You can speak them anytime you need them. If there’s anything you need to confess to God and receive His forgiveness, do that first.
“O Lord, do not forsake me, be not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.”
He will renew your strength and bring light to your eyes.
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Sickness upon a person or things that happen may not ALWAYS be your own fault, but when it is, we need to acknowledge it and get back on the right road! I believe David was talking about the Roman Road. Check it out in these verses, Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9, and 10:13. Get your Bible out or look at the verses on line. Once you take that road, start walking the path God lays out, not trying to go your own way; He will and does make a way for you.
