Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Sickness — Part 1

“The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness” (Psalm 41:3).

My wife has been sick and in the hospital this week. Each day, they come in to attend to her. They do it because this is their job, and there is a paycheck at the end of the pay period. They do it well, because they are constantly being assessed and they know they could lose their position if they don’t perform to standard.

There is another one who cares for us in a far more wonderful way. This is the one that David spoke of in the above verse — the Lord, the Great Physician! He makes our bed, not out of a sense of duty, but because He loves us. Not only that, but He is constantly at our bedside day and night. The nurses and staff at the hospital do their duty and go on their way. Shifts change, people come and go. However, the Lord is still there. He promises, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5).

He makes our bed, and takes His place,

Beside the bed He makes,

And through the nights and dreary days,

His station there He takes.