Medicine is Good

To have been one of the men and women whom Jesus walked among would have been so exulting. I wish on a daily basis that I could have been amongst them at the beginning of our great church. But I remember with clarity that I also know Jesus, for if you look you too will also see and know Him. He is in the grass and the birds, He is in the poor and the righteous, He is in all who have come to Him.

I am so blessed to not only have Christ in my life, but to also know Him. I have been able to see so many things in my days, things that can easily be explained, through other ways, but to know that it is God working is a most blessed thing.

I am somewhat concerned though, for the faithful who are being led astray. Those who are asking more of the Lord than they should. Those who expect the Risen Lord to come to their bed in person and heal them, or right some wrong.

I think of the couple on trial for letting their child die, instead of trusting in the Lord. Why is it that we people can't believe that God has given us doctors to care for our sick. That medical science is a miracle from Jesus. Instead some of us, say we will trust in the Lord and wait for Him to come heal us.

I think of the old joke.

There was a man sitting on his porch when the radio said that the flood was coming. So the man sat on his porch and said "I will trust the Lord will save me, for I am a good man."

Then a man came by in a truck and said "the water is rising, get in and I will take you to safety." But the man just sat on his porch and said "I will trust the Lord will save me, for I am a good man."

Then the water proceeded to rise and the man went to his roof. Sometime later a man in a boat came by and said "Get in the boat and I will take you to safety." But the man refused and said "I will trust the Lord will save me, for I am a good man."

Needless to say the man drowned. As he arrived in heaven he said "Lord why did you abandon me?" and Jesus came to him and said "What do you mean I sent a radio message, a truck and a guy in a boat."

So that example isn't exactly from the scripture, but I believe it should be examined closely. Why are we so arrogant to believe that God needs us to tell Him how to save us? He will save us, if it is His will, not because it is ours. He will save us in ways we understand not. If God didn't want medicine to be saving people, He has the power to stop it. It is simple a delusion to believe that something that can help so many is a bad thing. Medicine is our friend and shouldn't replace prayer but neither should prayer replace medicine. It is our duty to make sure we use every gift the God has given us. It is a great thing that God has given some men the power to heal. He did it before in other ways, so we shouldn't be surprised.

I think about the Gospel reading today from John. When Jesus is talking to Phillip and ask has He been with them so long that they don't know Him.

Well God does things that we don't understand and that is alright by me. I have faith in the Lord and know He will put the right things in my path to be able to do His will. I only have to be strong enough to choose His will over my own.