Satan Wants Us Sick

In order to understand the statement, “Satan Wants Us Sick”, we have to understandthe complexity of ideas and the mind. Ideas can produce responses in the body. A person is embarrassed and blushes in response. Embarrassment is purely an emotion, but it produced a physical result. Consider the powerful emotion of fear. Ina frightening experience, the emotional and physical responses occur. First, the situation may or may not be real; i.e. response to a rubber snake may be the same as though it were a real snake; however, before a “rational” determination can be made whether the snake is realor not, the emotion of fear is experienced and then physical effects such as becoming pale, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, and crying out may occur. Why did the emotions such as embarrassment and fear produce physical responses? The answer lies in the “Law of Belief.” (There are 10 Laws of Belief which will be discussed at a later date.) We believed those situations to be real and therefore responded physically to it. Try the “lemon trick.” Watch someone eat a lemon, what is your physical response? More than likely you will begin to salivate and feel your mouth pucker because of the belief system that the lemon is sour! You are not eating the lemon; however, your body responds to the idea of eating the lemon as though you were. Satan deceives God’s children with similar “tricks;” but he uses the “Law of Deception.” He deceives us into accepting his thoughts as our own. Of course, we still have to approve them. But that task isn’t as hard as most Christians suspect.

Satan’s “big edge” is our emotions and our responses to those emotions. At some time, you have probably heard this phrase, “I’m worried sick about…” Well, they are correct in putting worry and sickness together. Worry is an emotional response to something that hasn’t yet happened. It doesn’t have to be true at all. It can be entirely false and yet the person agonizes as though it were. Worry is one of Satan’s favorite devices. Satan may feed destructive thoughts into our minds; but, his suggestions by themselves cannot make us sick! It takes our cooperation. Too often, though, we accept them as our own and then we feed those thoughts. Why? The devil times the planting of his ideas to coincide with distressing circumstances and events. So perfectly do His suggestions fit the situation that we go along with them instinctively. All that is necessary is for us to believe these thoughts as “truth.” Whatever the mind accepts as “truth,” will have an affect on the body.

You may ask, “Can born-again people really have the kind of emotions/thoughts that will make them sick?” Absolutely. Many sincere Christians work hard to free themselves from carnal activities; but, they are wide open to carnal emotions.They share how the Lord delivered them from addictions, stealing, lying, etc; but, they say nothing about ceasing toworry, banishing fears, and living free of anxiety.

by C.S. Lovett