Chat: God leads some people through times of sickness to help them grow spiritually.

You cannot find one shred of evidence for this idea in the Bible.  You’ve been listening to religious Fake News rather than the actual Good News in the Bible.  If sickness really helped people grow, Jesus would have left some people sick to help them grow spiritually!  Jesus never screened His followers to see whether they were the selected ones who must remain sick to grow spiritually.  ANYONE could touch Him and be made whole.

In case you want to bring up Job, he went backward spiritually in his sickness.  He did not rail on God at first, but he became progressively worse in his conduct and attitude toward God.  He had to repent in dust and ashes.  Job’s time of sickness definitely did not lead to spiritual growth.  Besides, it was the will of Satan that Job be sick – God healed him!

You should read the replies to the related objections below:

Objection: Sickness, While Unpleasant, Is Used by God to Build Character

Objection: God Uses Sickness to Draw Us Closer to Himself

Objection: The Lord Puts Us on Our Backs that We May Learn to Look Up