Sick and Tired
I was “sorta” listening to a TV preacher the other day. And there’s certainly nothing wrong with being a TV preacher (I’d preach on TV if anybody would listen and somebody would pay for it). This particular person was talking about being sick and tired of being sick and tired. Then she launched into a spiel about how God doesn’t want you to be sick and tired or poor or hungry or naked or in prison (she may be right about the last two). She said that if we had faith and spoke positively about our circumstances, if we sowed enough seeds in the right places (I’m sure she meant her TV preacher payments), if we would just work a little harder at being conformed to her image, everything would work together to put us up there where she is.
Well, I’m a little sick and tired of all this stuff being bandied about that confuses the dickens out of people who are trying to live in the Truth. The best selling books on the market are either about witchcraft or building the best life possible without ever touching on the absolute necessity of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The Scripture is clear. 1 John 5:12 says “the one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn’t have the Son of God does not have life.” The Scripture says that the poor will always be among us (John 12:8) and we are to be about the business of ministering to their needs. The Scripture says that we have an obligation to the hungry, the naked, the sick, and those in prison, and somehow I can’t believe that I can accomplish God’s will for my life if I can’t find anyone to minister to in these matters. (see Matthew 25)
Be assured the last thing we should be looking for is a life of being sick and tired. What we must look for is God’s purpose and design for our life, the one for which we were created (Ephesians 2:10). We may want every situation in our life to be wonderful and exciting, but that is certainly not the pattern we see in the life of those whose history is recorded in Scripture. Paul (the Apostle), for example, had some difficult times, got sick occasionally, and was often tired. I’ve decided I want my life to more closely mirror his than that of the TV preacher. But then, that’s just me.