Health is something we often take for granted until it is withdrawn. When we are healthy and strong we feel self-reliant. When we are sick we become weak and helpless. Physical illness brings our limitations and dependence into focus. This can be a good thing because we are reminded that our sufficiency rests in God. When we are sick, it is God who sustains us (Psalm 41:3; Isa. 38:16). We feel the need of him more than ever before. Even so, the truth is that even when we are healthy and strong it is still God who sustains us (Psalm 3:5; Heb. 1:3).Though many seek wellness from the hand of doctors, it ultimately comes from God (2 Chron. 16:12;). Doctors are not always able to heal (Mark 5:25-26), but when God heals it is done (Jer. 17:14).
Our spiritual heath is much the same as our physical health. Others can give us help along the way, but it is ultimately only God who can give us spiritual soundness. If we truly turn to God from sin we can be restored (2 Chron. 7:14), but if we refuse to hear God's call to repentance and health we suffer spiritual sickness (Isa. 6:10) and ultimate death (Jas. 1:15). Death is the end all of diseases. Physically, we seek to treat the body to keep alive and well in a physical sense. The problem is, apart from Christ there is no cure for death. Though we treat the body, death is inevitable in a physical sense (Heb. 9:27), but spiritual death is not unavoidable. Life in Christ as the answer to both physical and spiritual death (Rom. 6:23). Jesus is the great physician. Only he can answer death with life (Jn. 11:25). He is the ultimate healer (Isa. 53:5).
