"My body is betraying me and I can't trust it anymore."
How it sounds in your head: My own cells are attacking me. My immune system turned on me. I can't trust signals from my body—pain, weakness, symptoms. My body is the enemy now. It's broken, defective, turning against itself.
"I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well."
-- Psalm 139:14Enemy: Body positioned as enemy combatant rather than fearfully and wonderfully made temple of Holy Spirit.
Autoimmune diseases literally ARE the body attacking itself. Symptoms ARE real. Pain IS real. Trusting your body when it's malfunctioning feels stupid.
A woman had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, completely bent over, unable to stand straight. Jesus didn't condemn her body—He called her a 'daughter of Abraham' and said, 'You are LOOSED from your infirmity.' He laid hands on her and IMMEDIATELY she was made straight and glorified God. The body responded INSTANTLY to the word of LIFE.
I REFUSE the lie that my body is my enemy. IT IS WRITTEN that I am fearfully and wonderfully made—my body is God's MARVELOUS work under enemy attack. My body is the TEMPLE of the Holy Spirit, and God doesn't build defective temples. IT IS WRITTEN in Romans 8:11 that the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead DWELLS in me and will give LIFE to my mortal body. I speak LIFE to every cell, organ, system—you are NOT defective; you are DESIGNED by the Creator. IT IS WRITTEN that by His stripes I was healed. I command my body to line up with the Word. I am under the BARAK blessing where my body is blessed coming in and going out. I TRUST the Designer, and I speak His design over this temple.
The Father isn't disgusted by your malfunctioning body—He's running toward you, ready to lay hands on His marvelous creation and speak RESTORATION because He made you and He's not done with you. While you see defects, He sees His TEMPLE waiting to be filled with His glory.