Universal Healing Care Headed Our Way
A commentary by Robin Webber
United Church of God pastor, Redlands and San Diego, California
Posted November 25, 2009
 Health-care
reform is a hot topic in the United States at the moment. Every politician,
analyst and commentator is throwing around different facts, figures and
opinions regarding this vast subject. Just mention the merits or disadvantages
of what is commonly called the "public option," and you may
spark a verbal fight of major proportions.
The potential impact is breathtaking in scope, as the consequences
could ultimately affect one sixth of the resources of the world's
greatest economic superpower. The proposed governmental cure has an
estimated price tag of $1.2 trillion (yes, that's trillion with
a "t") over the next 10 years, and we all know how figures
can easily migrate upwards. America has not followed the nationalized
medical practices of other Western nations. But that may be about to
change.
How did we get here and who is to blame for the rising cost of medical
care that is challenging so many families? Well, the usual list of suspects
goes like this: doctors, insurance companies with their HMOs, trial
lawyers with their gargantuan malpractice suits, government bureaucracies,
escalating emergency room costs and, yes, the citizenry themselves,
who increasingly view cradle-to-grave health services as a basic human
right. Is there enough blame to go all around? Sure! But it's
a tangled web that would take the wisdom of Solomon to slice down the
middle and get right.
What will be the final outcome of this marathon battle? At this point,
no one exactly knows. Everyone knows the system is in need of fixing.
But the big question is always: Who goes first and who will lose the
most?
A universal healing care plan?
While I can't predict the final outcome regarding national health
care, I can firmly direct you to a better future world with a universal
healing care plan prescribed by Jesus Christ. Yes, the time is coming
when all humanity will experience the life-giving and life-altering
miracles that only the love and power of God can provide.
Healing—restoring people to health—is always identified
as one of the prime components of the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ,
especially in His interaction with those most desperately in need. Matthew
4:23 tells us, "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in
their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all
kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people."
It is apparent that Christ dealt with people in a holistic manner that
dealt with body, mind and soul. His healing knew no bounds and played
no favorites. While many in His day had hoped that this Messiah would
march in front of an army to liberate them, He instead chose to walk
among lepers to liberate them from their socially stigmatizing disease.
All of this was but a foretaste of what is going to occur on a much
grander scale when Christ returns to this earth, establishes His literal
Kingdom over all peoples, and institutes a universal healing (health-care)
program for those who will surrender their lives to Him.
Isaiah 35:5 speaks of a future society when "the eyes of the
blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing." This
new world ultimately crescendos into a society in which "there
shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying" (Revelation 21:4).
Christ will bring answers that move beyond dealing with the end results
of our lifestyles and instead deal with the very causes. In doing so,
He is going to put sickness and death out of business.
 Perhaps it is time for you to consider what God says about your opportunity
to invest in a lifestyle of faith and well-being that can serve a purpose
greater than your own life's momentary aches and pains. How about
beginning to invest now in something that is going to become universal
in scope—the healing care of Jesus Christ? You can begin taking
that step by accessing our booklet Making
Life Work. It
shares biblical wisdom about health now,
as well as keys to the eternal spiritual meaning
of your life.
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