{"id":44917,"date":"2020-10-26T11:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=44917"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T19:40:17","slug":"dont-lose-hope-when-facing-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2020\/10\/26\/dont-lose-hope-when-facing-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"DON\u2019T LOSE HOPE WHEN FACING ILLNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Faith Does Not Exempt Us from Suffering<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As followers of Christ, it\u2019s easy to think that being faithful should shield us from serious illness or hardship. When sickness strikes\u2014especially a chronic or terminal one\u2014we may ask, \u201cWhy is this happening to me? I serve God. I try to live a righteous life.\u201d<\/em> But Scripture shows us that even God\u2019s most faithful servants experienced suffering.<\/p>\n

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John 16:33 (NIV)<\/strong>
\u201cIn this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jesus Himself told us to expect trials. Suffering is not a sign that God has abandoned you\u2014it is often a place where He reveals His power and presence more deeply.<\/p>\n

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2. Job: Righteous, Yet Tested<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Job was called “blameless and upright” (Job 1:1), a man who feared God and shunned evil. Yet God allowed him to face immense suffering\u2014including physical affliction\u2014not because he lacked faith, but to reveal His sovereignty and bring Job to a deeper understanding of who God is.<\/p>\n

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Job 42:10 (NIV)<\/strong>
\u201cAfter Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

God’s timing in healing and restoration is perfect. Even when answers don\u2019t come quickly, He is still working behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

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3. Moses: Close to God, Yet Struck by Illness<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Moses was unlike any other prophet; God spoke to him “face to face” (Deuteronomy 34:10). Yet even Moses was struck with leprosy\u2014albeit temporarily\u2014as a sign from God.<\/p>\n

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Exodus 4:6-7 (NIV)<\/strong>
\u201cThen the Lord said, \u2018Put your hand inside your cloak.\u2019 So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous\u2014it had become as white as snow. \u2018Now put it back into your cloak,\u2019 he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Why would God allow this?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n