"I need to get my health under control before God can fully use me."
How it sounds in your head: Look at you - pills every morning, doctor appointments every month, can't do what you used to. How can God use a man in this condition? You need to fix this first.
"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.'"
-- 2 Corinthians 12:9Religion teaches that physical wholeness is a prerequisite for spiritual usefulness, contradicting grace.
Your body's limitations are undeniable physical facts. Church culture celebrates the young and energetic, making you feel like you're on the bench until you qualify again.
God wrestled him and permanently injured his hip, leaving him with a limp for life. That same night, God changed his name to Israel and confirmed the blessing - didn't wait for the injury to heal first.
I REFUSE the lie that God is waiting for my health to improve before He can use me. IT IS WRITTEN that His strength is made PERFECT in my weakness. I don't need to qualify through physical wholeness - Jesus already qualified me through His blood. IT IS WRITTEN that Christ bore my sicknesses and redeemed me from the curse. The BARAK blessing flows through me regardless of my body's condition. Jacob limped into his destiny. Moses had a speech impediment. Paul had a thorn. I declare God's power operates FULLY through this vessel, as-is.
Your Father isn't looking at your medical chart deciding when you'll be useful again. He's looking at your availability, not your ability. He's done His greatest work through broken vessels who stopped waiting to be fixed and started believing they were already qualified by His blood.