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SavedByGraceMD -> RE: Christians and "crutches" (7/3/2008 11:56:42 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Jemtree
I agree.
But, I also realize we must have a balance. God must be seen and Glorified in our lives. Some of the things we turn to don't allow that.
God isn't even being given the chance to work, because it's way too easy to get acceptable drugs.
God works through medicine, and He works without it. Depending on doctors to fix things that may not even really be something that needs to be fixed, that isn't trusting in God. That is what gets mocked.
Running to the doctor for cure-alls because we aren't happy, or because our children won't sit still in class, that's not something that should be medicated near as much as it is.
Many are relying on drugs when they should be meditating on God's Word.
For some, yes, drugs may be necessary, but for some, it's just the thing to do because that's what everyone else is doing to fix this problem.
It isn't being fixed, in some cases it not only makes it worse, but it creates other problems, physically and otherwise.
My concern is Christians depending more on drugs to "fix" unhappiness than turning to God to fix their heart. many times, it's a "heart" condition, meaning, there is a problem with how someone is responding to things because of circumstances, not because pills are needed.
God created our minds very delicately. God is The Only One Who can read our thoughts. If our thoughts are drugged up, does He even want to? If our emotions are numbed because of pills to make us not feel anxious, are we honoring God? Really? His Word tells us to be anxious for nothing. To pray without ceasing. It says nothing about anxiousness needing to be fixed by drugs. It needs to be given over to God, He is The Author and Finisher of our Faith.
Are we going to be found as a people who have more faith in pills than in God, for these things?
Again, I am not talking about things like not going to the doctor if you are dying, or need surgery.
I am talking specifically about things the Bible addresses, and our lack of trusting in God to help us overcome what is common to man, but not impossible for God.
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For some, yes, drugs may be necessary, but for some, it's just the thing to do because that's what everyone else is doing to fix this problem.
It isn't being fixed, in some cases it not only makes it worse, but it creates other problems, physically and otherwise.
I actually agree with a lot of what you have said Jemtree. I have seen it first hand. My sister was diagnosed as bi polar quite a few years ago. She has been on every drug on the market, and not one of them has done a thing. My father is not a believer, my Mother is, but they went the traditional route of medication, which has not worked. Now that I am a believer, I see her problems as spiritual and not medical. We are too quick sometimes to turn to the world for help, when we have the great physician to turn to. There are things going on that no medication known to man can fix, and does inevitably make it worse. People become dependent on drugs and go through life in bondage to them. Jesus came to free all of the captives and I think that applies here.
That being said, and you have already acknowledged this, but there are times when it is and solely is a medical condition. But we tend to want answers now, and a quick fix, and sometimes God doesn't work that way, so we turn to the world for help.
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