Key Verse: "And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give
ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of
these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I
am the Lord that healeth thee."
- Exodus 15:26 KJV
How does God heal the diseases of his people? He heals them chiefly by subduing them; for in this life they are never thoroughly healed. The promise runs--"He will subdue our iniquities" (Micah 7:19). To subdue them is to restrain their power. Thus he sees one suffering under the power of unbelief. He gives him faith--this subdues his unbelief.
Here is another poor languid patient, dying of exhaustion--he gives him strength. Here is a third mourning under his corruptions--he gives a drop of his blood to purge his conscience, and a taste of his love to warm his heart. He sees a fourth crying under the strong assaults of Satan--with one look Satan flies and the soul is set free. Thus with infinite wisdom blended with infinite love and power, he passes on from bed to bed of every sick patient, administering health wherever he goes. This blessed Physician has a remedy for every disease, and the remedy is always felt to be exactly suitable to the exigency of the case.
It goes, so to speak, at once to the right spot;
it heals the malady wherever it be, and whatever it be, just in the right
way, and just at the right time. O then how good it is to bring all our soul
diseases before the Lord! In a case of bodily sickness or painful complaint
we uncover freely our malady to a physician whom we can trust; we tell him
every circumstance and disclose every symptom. So should we go to the Lord
with all our soul diseases, tell him all our complaints, unfold to him all
our sorrows, and fully and freely lay before him everything that burdens the
conscience, pains the mind, and distresses the soul, looking and waiting
until he speaks the word, and every malady is healed.
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