"He that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:6-8).

Whenever sickness or disease attack our bodies, everything in us wants to be free of it. It's uncomfortable. It is "disease," and we automatically want to get rid of it as quickly as we can.

But if we think sickness is from God for any reason - whether we think it's commissioned by Him, sent by Him, or allowed by Him - we're in trouble. We become double-minded. One side of our mind thinks, "I don't want this;" but the other side thinks, "If God wants me to have this sickness, it must be good for me, and I should keep it. I want whatever God wants for me. I want to obey God."

If sickness is a blessing from God, we should never be found fighting against it. We shouldn't fight it with medical science, with prayer, with the laying on of hands, or anything else. If our sickness is from God, we should keep it and pray for the rest of the family to get sick!

But if sickness is not from God, then as God's children, redeemed by the blood of Jesus, we shouldn't have any part of it.

You can walk free of sickness. So don't be double-minded about it - refuse to accept it when it comes. If symptoms attack your body, attack those symptoms with the Word of God! You are God's child, and you don't have to keep one thing that doesn't come from Him!

Confession:
I am single-minded and stable in all my ways. I know
God's will for me is healing and good health. Sickness
has no place in me, and I refuse to let it stay!

Source: 365 Days of Healing by Mark Brazee
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers