At different points in my life I have asked for healing for
several different things. We go through seasons in life and the “asks” change
with the wind of time. Being in the ministry and working with people, the “asks”
that I have heard run the gamut. If you were to ask God for healing, what would
that “ask” be?
In Isaiah 35:4-10 we hear God speaking through his prophet
offering promises to his people. He promises to come with vengeance to save us.
He promises to make the blind see and the deaf hear. He promises to make the
lame walk and the mute to sing for joy. God promises to spring up water from
the desert and to turn burning sand into pools of fresh flowing water. He
offers a path to Holiness free from beasts and sorrow, yet it will be full of
gladness and joy because of our redemption.
Pause to read that passage now!
Now close your eyes and think about your life, what are you going
through? What desert are you in? Does your life feel empty or void? Maybe your
spirit feels weak and unsure? Or, maybe you or someone you know is suffering
with something. Drug addiction? Alcoholism? Abuse? Abandonment? Fear? A sense
of failure? Unforgiveness? Disease? Loss? Insecurity? Doubt?
God wants to restore you. He wants desperately to heal you.
He offers divine healing for you. Be careful not to assume that such healing
always gives us what we think we need or want. But, rest assured when God
brings healing to us, it is exactly what we need, and it is always in his
perfect timing. That is sometimes hard to swallow. But, if we can manage to
swallow our pride that is choking us then his healing won’t be so much like
bitter medicine as it will be like honey on our lips.
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