An old high school friend was supposed to come visit me today. However, his wife was admitted into the hospital yesterday and may need surgery right away. He mentioned that it seems like a lot of friends are experiencing cardiac issues, and it could be a spiritual attack.
Being a Christian for a long time, I’ve heard of instances where lots of things go wrong right before a missions trip or evangelistic outreach. I also read most of the Book of Job to know that there are evil spirits that negatively impact human lives. However, even though I pray for healing and comfort, I’ve typically viewed my huge list of medical issues as caused by my own ignorance or stupidity, or bad luck. Of course it’s possible that some may have spiritual causes but I’m not sure how that affects my care. I still need to take medication, visit doctors, and try to remedy the causes and symptoms.
For example, take ESRD. I pray nightly for either healing, possible transplant, and comfort from the effects of kidney failure and dialysis. I know there are a lot of other believers praying for me too. But I still need to go to dialysis and manage the transplant process at UCLA. I can’t sit back and wait for miraculous healing because God may “heal” me through a successful transplant. Looking at the Book of Job, is my only task to persevere and not lost faith, and God will restore me in the end?
I don’t know.
Life with chronic diseases 