You turn on the TV, and the commercial suggests that you may need to be treated for an ailment. Open a magazine and see that you need this pill if you’re over 40, or find out you have a one in a thousand chance of succeeding at something. Negativity is all around us, making us wonder if our outcome will be any different from those who don’t trust Jesus.
Personally, this is when I must rehearse—out loud—that I am chosen and appointed to bear lasting fruit (John 15:16), despite what is happening to the other 10,000, especially when it comes to health. The previous verses of Psalm 91 talk about sickness, disease, and sudden destruction. But we can have confidence that if we have made Jesus our refuge, these things shall not consume us.
Do you believe that? One simple way I practice this is to stand in resistance against things said about health that are contrary to the Word. When allergy season comes around, I speak to my body and tell it to block unnecessary histamines, no matter the outcome. Like Elizabeth and Sarah in the Bible, I’m believing Jesus for the strength to conceive a baby even though I’m middle-aged. The world is filled with a tremendous amount of messages saying no, but I believe the Word gives me good reason to say yes! (The amazing stories of Elizabeth and Sarah are in Luke 1 and Genesis 18–20, respectively.) To stand out from the crowd, I have to train my mind to believe what the Word says instead of what the world says.
