Before I Was Afflicted I Went Astray

Psalms 119:67- Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Here is David talking about getting into trouble because he strayed away from God's Word. He got into some injury or hurt and continual pain and distress because he wandered off in some other direction other than what God had said. He wasn't afflicted until he went astray. Think about that.

I don't think most Christians realize the seriousness of not doing what God speaks to them to do or what is written in the Bible. We are to be obedient to ALL he says, or there is a price to pay. We are either his disciples or we're not.

We can't just obey when we feel like it, or not obey when we don't. That is disobedience and it will cost you to go some other way than what God has said.

One of the definitions of "afflicted" is to be in continual pain. There is mental pain as well as physical pain. We all know that. Either one could be a sickness. A person can be sick in their mind as well as in their body; and it doesn't always mean they are crazy or mentally ill because of a bad thing that happened to them.

The devil will torment your mind to no end with all kinds of thoughts when you get off into your own way of thinking instead of God's way. This is continual pain and it won't stop until you repent and get back to what God said for you to do.

Disobedience can also cause physical suffering, pain and distress. Certain diseases can come on you when you go astray from God's word. Now don't get the idea that all sickness and disease a Christian has is caused from this; it's not. But this can be one reason it does. Each person will need to examine themselves to determine whether it is or not. No one else can judge that for you, but you alone can find out, then repent and get it right and you'll get healed then.
Evidently this was the case with David because he said so. He didn't say what the affliction was, but he did say;"but now have I kept they word". He made things right and got out of his suffering, whatever it was.

This is a side of sickness and troubles that we haven't thought about much, but we need to. To be disobedient to God's Word can cause us all kinds of problems and sickness can be one of them.
If you are sick, think back and check yourself and see if God has said something to you and you aren't doing it; or are you not doing what you have seen in the Bible that he pointed out to you. This could be your answer to you getting healed.

I believe there are Christians that have some kind of ailment and can't get well and they don't know why. This could be the reason. Maby they aren't being obedient to the voice of God in certain areas. A person in the condition can't receive their healing until they repent and start doing what God has said for them to do. This is certainly some food for thought, isn't it?