Trust in God Is Like a Healing Medicine

There is no doubt about it. The fear of the Lord leads to virtuous habits, and these prevent the wasting of life that comes from sin and vice. The holy rest that springs from faith in the Lord Jesus also greatly helps a person when they are ill.

Every doctor is glad to have a patient whose mind is completely at ease. Worry kills, but trust in God is like a medicine that heals.

Therefore, we have every provision for a long life, and if it truly is for our good, we shall see a good old age and come to our graves like sheaves gathered in their season. We must not be seized by a sudden expectation of death the moment a finger hurts, but should rather expect to have to work through a considerable span of days.

And what does it matter if we are called soon to the higher sphere? There would certainly be nothing to lament in such a call; rather, it would all be a joy. Whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. If we live, Jesus will be with us; if we die, we will be with Jesus. The true prolongation of life consists in living while we live, not wasting time, but using every hour for the highest purposes. May it be so today.

Source: The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith. Translation by Allan Roman.

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