Judges 19:1-30; Isaiah 37:8-38; 1 Corinthians 15:1-34
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. John 11:1
It is not a sin to be sick, nor does it mean that the sick one is outside the will of God. Epaphroditus was “sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him” (Phil. 2:27). Trophimus was “left at Miletum sick” (2 Tim. 4:20). Indeed Timothy, the man of God, was marked by stomach problems and “often infirmities” (1 Tim. 5:23). Sickness is part of a creation that is groaning. God’s dealings with us are for His glory and are often a part of His training program for His people (Heb. 12:11). —L. Cain
My times are in Thy hand;
Whatever they may be;
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee. —W. F. Lloyd