Day 34
5. HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED?
1 Healing involves an understanding of what the illusion of sickness is for. Healing is impossible without this.
I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness
1 Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. Who would choose suffering unless he thought it brought him something, and something of value to him? He must think it is a small price to pay for something of greater worth. For sickness is an election; a decision. It is the choice of weakness, in the mistaken conviction that it is strength. When this occurs, real strength is seen as threat and health as danger. Sickness is a method, conceived in madness, for placing God’s Son on his Father’s throne. God is seen as outside, fierce and powerful, eager to keep all power for Himself. Only by His death can He be conquered by His Son.
2 And what, in this insane conviction, does healing stand for? It symbolizes the defeat of God’s Son and the triumph of his Father over him. It represents the ultimate defiance in a direct form which the Son of God is forced to recognize. It stands for all that he would hide from himself to protect his “life.” If he is healed, he is responsible for his thoughts. And if he is responsible for his thoughts, he will be killed to prove to him how weak and pitiful he is. But if he chooses death himself, his weakness is his strength. Now has he given himself what God would give to him, and thus entirely usurped the throne of his Creator.
This section begins by saying I must understand what sickness is for, and then explains it. I must admit that I dreaded this part of the study because even though I can understand the concept explained here, I have great resistance to accepting it. Evidently I don’t want this to be true.
So let me start by just restating more simply what Jesus says about the purpose of sickness. He seems to be telling me that I choose pain and suffering because I value it. Jesus says sickness is a decision.
(I’m ok with this so far, but here is where it starts getting dicey for me.)
Evidently, I use sickness and suffering and ultimately, death, to prove that I am separate from God, and that I am not to be overcome by God. If I were to be healed it would prove I am responsible for my own thoughts, and I am sure that this would mean that God would kill me to prove that I am actually weak. Instead, I usurp the throne of my Creator by taking my own life before He can, and so prove I am more powerful than God is.
Really? Could I possibly be that insane? It doesn’t even make sense when spelled out like this. When I first read it, I thought the contraction I felt was fear of what I have done, and there must be some of that in it. But the thing I feel more strongly right now is overwhelmed. How do I undo what I have done?
I still get sick, and maybe I still believe in death, though I’m not sure about that. But certainly, though I don’t get sick often, I do get sick. So this must mean that I still believe that this form of weakness is my strength, which proves that God cannot overcome me. Yikes!
On the positive side, I must be forming some doubts about this because I have had some miraculous physical healings lately that are clearly related to a change in thoughts. I am encouraged to see this because it means I am less afraid of God than I have been if I am daring to see my thoughts as cause. And I suppose that this is how I will undo what I have done. I will continue to be willing to have this crazy thinking corrected by the Truth that is still in my mind.
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