Psalms 31: 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Therefore, God will have us to understand that if the devil cannot get you on the spiritual, he will try to take you down on the physical, and if he cannot trip you up physically, he will try to stress you out to the point where your body will be adversely affected. That is just the nature of the beast, for it is a tried, and true strategy he employs with every member of the human family.
When satan realized he couldn’t take down Jesus in the spiritual, he went after the physical, by employing human agents to injure and afflict His body. This is the reason why The Lord’s health care plan is strategically structured to address adverse factors relating to the mind first, and afterwards the issues that pertain to the health and wellbeing of the body in that specific order, because wherever your mind goes, the body is sure to follow.
This is what Jesus did when they brought a man sick with the palsy to Him to be healed. Jesus forgives the man first, because like David, any sin in his life could be a contributor to his physical condition. Therefore, instead of fixing the physical first, Jesus addresses the problem of the mind, for the health of the mind is closely linked with the health of the body.
Psalms 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. 3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!