Day Twenty Three

As I was sitting at MD Anderson with my dad waiting for test results, I was looking around and was astounded by all of the people who were affected by cancer.  I saw some as young as 6 months and others as old as 80.  I was filled with sadness.  Then the Lord spoke to my heart and said something that took be by surprise.  He said "cancer is a murderer."  I sat back in my chair almost shocked by the revelation.  I never thought of it that way.

So many people, even in the churches, believe that God puts illnesses on them or that it is some kind of test that He is putting them through.  That kind of thinking comes straight from hell.  Can you imagine a loving God giving His children a dreadful and lethal disease to teach them a lesson or to use it as a test, or as punishment for their sin?

When I saw a young man that was around 16 years old sitting in the waiting room I could only imagine how he must have been feeling.  He looked so weak and his skin color was a light greenish color.  He could barely keep his head up.  You could see hopelessness in his eyes. almost like death would be a blessing to him.  I thought to myself, he has his whole life ahead of him but his life is being stolen from him.

God is not a thief.  He does not take pleasure in a mans agony and yet so many people believe that God put it on them.  This is and has been a lie.  God is a giver of life and blessings.  The devil is the one who comes to kill, steal, and destroy.  Satan is the complete opposite of everything that God is and it is time to see him for what he is. He is a defeated foe.  He has no power except what we give him through our weaknesses and our lack of knowledge and understanding.

When my dad met with the doctor she said something that I know she has said more times than I care to know.  She said " you can hope for the best but prepare for the worst.  You should get your affairs in order."  After she said this I saw for the first time in my life hope leave my dads eyes.  When the doctor I moved over to her chair and looked my dad in the eyes and said "she doesn't have the last word on this, God has the final word.  You must fight this,  I know many people who have beaten cancer."

Have you ever noticed when some people get the diagnosis of cancer and the doctor will tell them they have 6 months to live that many of them die with in 3 months.  Do you know why?  Because words have power and when you believe those words they will manifest.

Cancer and every other form of sickness and illness was defeated at the cross.  We have a promise of healing from Jesus.  He died for us.  He paid for everything in full.  The Word says so and that Word should be the final one.  Everything that has a name must bow to the name of Jesus in Heaven and on Earth.

I know that many of you might have known a man or woman of God who has died as a result of some illness or disease and wonder why.  Don't for we do not know what the circumstances where.  Maybe they just wanted to go home or God wanted them.  For we know that we shall see them again for that is what the Lord has promised.  

If you know someone who has cancer you need to pray for them just like you would if you knew a murderer had a knife to their throat.  Be bold and be direct.  Speak to the cancer and tell it to dry up at the root.  Keep them encourage, tell them of what the Lord has done for them.  This is a battle of life and death.  Sickness has no place in the body of Christ.  And as the church matures and people take God at His Word miracle upon miracle will manifest.  For God so loved the world that he gave and did not take.  He healed and did not kill.  His mercy never ends and is forever.  His grace is given to us for we could never earn it on our own.

God loves all of us and wants to heal us, protect us, and wants a everlasting relationship with us.  So much that he laid every sickness and every sin and every transgression on His only son for us.  We have hope and we have faith and we have power given to us by the Holy Spirit and we must use them and go in them.

Let me ask you one thing.  If your child made a mistake and he became ill and was dying, and you had the ability to give him the cure, would you hold out to teach them a lesson or when they asked you for healing would you deny them?  Or course not unless you are sick and twisted.  So why would God deny you of a promise or you neighbor or anyone who would ask of Him and believe?

My pastor says our church is a " cancer free zone."  I hope and pray that other churches will proclaim the same.  Never deny God the wonderful miracle of His power.  For God is love and His love is for now and forever.  Keep the faith and heal the sick.  Preach His Word and live like you believe it.  For without the Word and with out His promises we would have no future, no hope, and no life.  To God be the glory.

John 10:10 (New International Version)

¹⁰The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Isaiah 53:5 (King James Version)

 ⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Matthew 21:21 (King James Version)

 ²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

1 Peter 5:8 (Amplified Bible)

⁸Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [^[a]in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

   

3 John 1:2 (King James Version)

 ²Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth

3 John 1:2 (Amplified Bible)

²Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.