Did you ever hear that you had to bear sin for the glory of Jesus? Of course not! We know that Jesus bore our sin at the cross of Golgotha. Through his blood we have been cleansed and we are forgiven. Strangely enough, many people, when it comes to sickness, think that they have to bear their sickness for the glory of Jesus. But the bible says something very different.
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. Isaiah 53,4
Jesus bore your sickness! What Jesus bore, you don’t have to bear anymore. You never ever have to bear any sickness for the glory of Jesus. Jesus on the cross was not our example, but our substitute. Representatively for us, he took sin and sickness upon himself. Representatively means he did it in your stead. It means what you and I deserved was laid on Jesus so that what you and I didn’t deserve, namely forgiveness and healing, was laid on us. Jesus took the place of you and me so that we are free from sin and sickness. It does not glorify God if you believe you had to bear sickness. If we had to bear sicknesses ourselves, it would be a slap in the face of Jesus, who suffered unspeakably when he took our sicknesses upon himself on the cross. Jesus bore our sicknesses so that we don’t have to bear them. By believing that Jesus bore your sicknesses, you honour Jesus and his work at the cross.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8,11
The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. No matter what sickness may afflict you, Jesus bore it so that you never again have to bear it. Your sickness was nailed to the cross. Jesus, the great physician, lives in you. Where Jesus is, sickness must give way. Sickness can not persist in the presence of Jesus. Do not put up with sickness in your body. You are destined to live a life of abundance and this includes a healthy body. Decide to believe that Jesus truly bore your sickness and therefore you no longer have to bear it. Simply say: “Thank you, Jesus, that you bore this sickness. What you bore, I don’t have to bear anymore.” Sickness belongs at the cross and not in your body. What Jesus bore, you don’t have to bear anymore.