"Dont wait, till you need it"

How is your spirit? Is it enough to carry you through sickness?

Proverbs 18: 14 says:
The spirit of man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

I started to read Pastor Britt Merricks "Big God" last night and it really spoke to my heart. He explains that when we are hit with something that is so heavy like "hearing your child has cancer," we immediately should turn to Jesus.

He explains that when we have the word in us. When we are hit hard with something, that is immediately were we go. We don't need to run to the bible for verses or wait for those to give us the verses. He says this:

" By being in the word of God and knowing the stories when famine of hard times come, we have the food that will sustain us."

Speaking of a scripture (psalm 91:3-4) that came to his mind while praying he says this:

" Because we have read the Word of God, we know we could hide under the wings of God. We knew we could cling to the person of Jesus. We understood God's character and knew that His faithfulness would be a shield for us. In His word that nourished us, like good food when your body is sick."

I thought about this statement for a minute and it reminded me of our immune systems. When we are born they are very weak and over time we take shots, and as we grow we build it up to fight off disease and germs. When we get a flu generally it isn't enough to kill us, we take some meds and are as good as new.

How is your spiritual immunity system? Are you building it up daily in the Word? So that when spiritual attacks, physical illness attacks its enough to get you through? Or will it kill you spiritually so to speak?

Britt says not to wait till you need it! I agree in shame, that we should not wait till something happens to be in the Word of God. Start today and build up your immunity so that when you are attack your body automatically fights it and your mind immediately goes to Jesus!