This Easter something I have known in my head, for what seems like forever, finally penetrated my heart.
My body is not my own – but bought by Christ on the cross so many years ago.
This trial of my heart is not over my physical heart but my spiritual heart.
God has impressed upon me that this is “not unto death”, so if by His stripes I am healed here – Praise the Lord! If I am healed upon entering eternity – Praise the Lord!
I can finally say as Paul, “Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. … for when I am weak, then am I strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 KJV
So what does this mean – for me I will continue to pray for strength to stand up and to complete the day, I will continue to take care of the physical body entrusted to me be it through diet, medicine, surgery… but I will no longer bargain with the Lord by impenitently saying, “When My body is better then…”
