"I should decrease medication and trust God more, proving my faith is increasing."
How it sounds in your head: Dependence on pills feels like dependence on man's wisdom instead of God. If my faith was growing, I'd need less medication. Staying on the same dose proves I'm stagnant spiritually.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
-- James 1:17Religion measures spiritual growth by decreased reliance on physical provision, creating dangerous either/or thinking.
You want evidence your faith is maturing, and needing less medication feels like a tangible metric. You've heard stories of people weaning off meds as God healed them, and you want that progression.
God provided manna DAILY for forty years - not less over time as their faith 'matured.' Sustained provision wasn't a sign of weak faith but of God's faithful supply. Receiving it daily was OBEDIENCE, not dependence on man.
I REFUSE the lie that faith is measured by decreased medication. IT IS WRITTEN: Every good gift comes from the Father, and medication is HIS GIFT. Israel received manna daily for forty years - sustained provision was God's faithfulness, not their failure. My faith is measured by RECEIVING what God provides, not by needing less. IT IS WRITTEN: My God shall supply ALL my need. I am the blessed of Abraham, confidently receiving ongoing provision without measuring spiritual growth by decreased need. God's supply IS the evidence of His faithfulness.
Your Father is running toward you with today's supply in His hands, saying 'Taking what I give you IS trusting Me!' He's not waiting for you to need Him less - He's celebrating that you keep receiving from Him daily.