“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:8-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:4-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

What affliction is threatening to crush us right now? What suffering is testing our faith? 
Maybe we’re fighting a malignant disease. Maybe it’s a short-term illness that is keeping us from carrying out our plans.

My disease threatens me. Because of this ill effects, physical pain and weakness are my frequent visitors. There are times when, after an extended period of feeling well, stable, and hopeful, they rebound with a vengeance. I reach my limit during these regressions, as my faith feels pressed and my struggle to believe the gospel intensifies—and out pour the tears. I often cry because I’m angry, fearful, painful and worried. I wonder how much more I can take, if the struggle will ever end, and if any good will come of it. I am tempted to believe that because I am afflicted in certain ways, I cannot get out of the downward spiral into being crushed in spirit as well as in body.
 

How I long to believe this beautiful truth: I am afflicted in every way, but not crushed. But I look to the cross, and to the One who was hanged on it. Jesus was pierced for my transgressions. He was crushed for my iniquities. He shouldered the burden of my sin upon his shoulders. He carry the weight of the world upon HIS shoulder. Jesus willingly took the penalty of sin that I deserved, drinking the cup of spiritual death for me. 

God has taken my gravest affliction—death— and has overcome it in Christ, so that I would never be overcome by it. The Father crushed his Son so that I would never be crushed by sin and death, so that I would spend an eternity of joy in his presence.

"Do you want to get well? Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. And He is willing to heal all types of ill health - physical, emotional, mental. And he asks the same question today - do you want to get well?. Turn to Jesus for your healing today.  

What a POWERFUL truth! Praise God!