The Power of the Will
The power of the will is not valued as it should be. Let the will be
kept awake and rightly directed, and it will impart energy to the whole
being, and will be a wonderful aid in the maintenance of health. It is a
power also in dealing with disease. Exercised in the right direction,
it would control the imagination, and be a potent means of resisting
and overcoming disease of both mind and body. By the exercise of the
will power in placing themselves in right relation to life, patients can
do much to co-operate with the physician’s efforts for their recovery.
There are thousands who can recover health if they will. The Lord does
not want them to be sick. He desires them to be well and happy, and
they should make up their minds to be well. Often invalids can resist
disease simply by refusing to yield to ailments and settle down in a
state of inactivity. Rising above their aches and pains, let them engage
in useful employment suited to their strength. By such employment
and the free use of air and sunlight, many an emaciated invalid might
recover health and strength.—
The Ministry of Healing, 246
(1905).
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