It is amazing how we can be tempted to put our
trust in the skills of the medical profession, indicating that perhaps this has
become a substitute god for us.
Sometimes
we have emphasised statistics – how many people come through this type of
surgery with flying colours.
While I
have no desire to minimise what medical practitioners can do and have done, it
is important to affirm that no matter how good these professionals might be at
their job, our trust is in the Lord our God.
To leave Him out of the equation is atheism, and we are not into
that.
But to see the skills of medical
practitioners as being the gifts of God for the benefit of mankind and a demonstration
of His common grace to all, is to view them in their proper perspective, for
then we can pray to God the Father to use and bless the gifts He has given to
men for the benefit of those we are concerned about.
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