Ang sabi nila’y kilala nila ang Diyos, ngunit hindi naman ito nakikita sa kanilang mga gawa. Sila’y kasuklam-suklam, suwail at hindi makagawa ng anumang mabuti.

Tito 1:16

“Magastos magkasakit sa Pilipinas!” malungkot na sabi ni Megan after paying the huge hospital bill. Na-confine kasi ang tatay niya for almost a month at naging financial burden ito sa kanilang pamilya. Aside from the professional fees ng mga doktor at tests ay napakamahal din ng mga gamot.

Kaya malaking tulong sa mga Pilipino nang maipasa ang Generics Drug Act of 1988. It is a law that mandates the prescribing, dispensing, and promoting of generic names of medicines. The law provides effective and affordable medicines to all Filipinos.

According to experts, wala namang halos pinagkaiba ang generic sa branded medicines. Same lang sila ng active ingredients, and both follow the same standards in their efficacy. Both are effective in treating symptoms, but branded medicines use more marketing strategies than their generic counterparts to sell their products.

Pero ang tunay na test kung effective ang gamot ay kung iinumin ba ito ng pasyente. Healing starts when the patient takes the prescribed medications, whether they’re generic or branded.

Christians will only receive true healing and transformation when they take God’s Word seriously. Posting Bible verses on social media, wearing faith-based apparel, and using Christian lingo do not prove one’s true transformation. God causes a radical change in a person’s heart first. Then, the mind and the action follow.

His Word has transformative powers, and it is not taken once a day or intermittently. To see the lasting effect of God’s Word, it needs to be taken moment by moment, and only then can it cause healing and true transformation.