“Let’s see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help.”
Isaiah 57:13

God mocks those who rely on idols. This is like the Israelites in Exodus who said the inhabitants were too big and strong and they were to small and weak. God punishes and mocks them by saying, “you will have what you said.” “You will be too weak and they will be to strong.”

Likewise, “you reject Me and trusted your idols, then let them save you from this trouble and calamity.”

The mistake is to think this only applies to obvious things like directly spoken unbelief or idol worship. Helpful tools in life can be abused into idol worship by trusting them more than God. Take for example Joshua going to the promise land. God told them to use swords and shields to drive out the inhabitants. God was not going to remove them like He did with Pharaoh, when they only watched from the sideline. However, this did not mean they were to trust their weapons as the real power that gave them the victory. They did fight. However, Joshua also told the Sun to stop by faith. The the walls of Jericho fell by their faith and praise in God. If they would have trusted their weapons more than God, then God would have rejected them. God would say, “since you trusted your weapons so much, then let them save you.”

The same with medicine. The bible does not condemn medicine but neither does it recommend it or encourage it.  Thus it is ok to use, but not ok to trust it as if it can save you. You only give this trust to God. He is a jealous God.

With Joshua using a Word of Faith to stop the sun, or Israel blowing horns to make walls fall, or Moses holding his hands up, it is obvious their trust is in God. They had faith in God as their salvation. They received supernatural and undisputed manifestations of God’s power and help. With faith, Samson did not even need a sword, but only a jawbone. The point is simple. If medicine is not an idol to you, then you will prove it by faith that shows supernatural healing that no one can dispute. If not, and medicine is an idol you trust to save you, then do not be surprised when you face a difficult medical condition and God says, “why are you asking me for help, let your idol of medicine save you.”

This is why cessationism is so damning. They rely on their own power and the power from men to save them in health, wealth, demons, and troubles. Let their human idols save them.

Only put your trust in God. Have faith in God. Do not fear, only believe. He wants to help you more than you want to be helped. He is faithful to do what He promised. All who came to Jesus were healed. If you have seen Jesus, you have seen the Father. Jesus already was a substitutionary atonement for our sickness and pains. We do not bear them because He already did.