Taking Action Against DepressionSample

Day 6: Medication

If I’m honest, I didn’t want to take any medicine to stabilize my mental health. However, I realized that God can use medicine to heal as well as His Word. For me, the two healed my mind and soul. I must admit. I had to have faith in God’s power to heal me. In Matthew 19:26, the Word says that with God all things are possible. When I apply it to fighting against depression, I understand that it is possible for God to heal with medicine too.

There are two stories in the Bible that come to mind as examples of faith being used to heal as well as God using other means to heal a person.

The first story is in Mark chapter five about a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years. When she saw Jesus, she touched the hem of his garment and was instantly healed! At once he felt power leave him and turned around to see who touched him. The woman confessed she did it, and can you imagine what Jesus said to her? He said, “Daughter, your faith has healed you (verse 34).” This story demonstrates how by having faith and acting on it, you can be healed.

The second story is in John chapter nine about a man who was blind since birth. When Jesus saw him, he spat on the ground and made mud. Then, he applied the mud to the man’s eyes and told the man to go wash in the Pool of Siloam. Once the man who was blind finished washing, he could see! Jesus used mud to heal a blind man which is seemingly impossible to believe, but remember with God all things are possible. This story further displays how God can use whatever method He wants to heal you.

Prayer point:

Heavenly Father, Almighty God, thank you for your Word. Thank you for the many examples in the Bible of how you have healed people. I pray that you heal me from depression in the way you see fit. Strengthen my faith and help my unbelief. I thank you for blessing me to overcome. It’s in Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.