"Taking medication means I'm not walking by faith, I'm walking by sight and symptoms."
How it sounds in your head: I'm supposed to call things that are not as though they are. I'm supposed to ignore symptoms and speak healing. But I'm literally taking a pill for my symptoms every day. Doesn't that mean I'm agreeing with the diagnosis instead of the promise?
"No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities."
-- 1 Timothy 5:23Word of Faith extremism that denies physical reality and makes 'confession' a magic formula that requires denying symptoms.
She's been taught that acknowledging sickness is 'agreeing with the enemy' and that true faith denies symptoms. Her daily medication feels like a public declaration that she's choosing sight over faith.
Timothy had frequent stomach problems and other ongoing infirmities. Paul, who raised the dead and healed the sick, prescribed MEDICINE (wine for medicinal use) rather than telling Timothy to just have more faith or confess healing.
I REFUSE the lie that medication is walking by sight instead of faith. IT IS WRITTEN that Paul prescribed medicine to Timothy for ongoing physical problems without condemning his faith. Acknowledging my symptoms and treating them is WISDOM, not unbelief. Walking by faith means trusting God's goodness through EVERY provision He gives - including medicine. IT IS WRITTEN that faith without works is dead - sometimes the work is taking the pill God provided. I am not denying His promises by stewarding my body. I stand in the BARAK blessing - blessed in my body, blessed in my health, whether through miracles or medicine.
Your Father is running toward you saying 'Faith trusts MY GOODNESS, not your ability to ignore reality.' He's delighted when you steward your body with the medicine He provided, not disappointed that you're being practical.