Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the shelter of Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
To say the least, trust and patience have not always been two of my outstanding characteristics. However, in the six year since I totally surrendered my stubborn, strong-willed self to the LORD he`s been doing lots of work, from the inside out. Often, the process was gut wrenching, requiring buckets of tears to flush the buried misery to light of Jesus.
There are at least four kinds of healing; the one Christians have most often heard of physical healing, second there is spiritual healing, needed in the area of sin. When people need help that goes beyond repenting and resolving not to commit the sin anymore, they can no longer control their behavior, then healing and deliverance is necessary. The third area is inner healing, which is used to heal our disordered emotions, that are out of control, emotions that control us. The fourth type of healing is deliverance from evil spirits.
The four areas of healing where we most need God`s help is our sick bodies, our wounded emotions, our broken spirits(mind and will), and infection by evil spirits. I can honestly say that I required work, massive recovery in three out of four categories; thus far no evil spirits have surfaced, thank you, God. Once, I desired a close personal intimate relation with my heavenly Father, He navigated the healing process. He throw me a life preserver, I held tight. I recall praying that I wanted to be more like Jesus. Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
As God directs the restoration process, I continually experience new levels of His unconditional love. Yes, it is often a slow and tedious process but only God knows when I am prepared to advance to the next level of healing. Could God heal all of my distress and brokenness in the blink of an eye, of course he could. But, his grace is sufficient and He will not protect us from something that He can use to perfect us. Ephesian 1:7-8 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God`s grace that he lavishes on us with all wisdom and understanding.
Thank you, Lord Daily I will press forward to achieve your plans and purpose for my existence.
Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brother, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prized for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
I thank God for loving me through my years of not trusting and my impatience, as I rushed head first toward a dead end. As I have shared many times in this blog, He has used the good, the bad and the ugly to get my undivided attention . I once was lost and severely broken but now I am alive in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the LORD Jesus Christ, who , by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
It is my prayer, that as you read this, you will accept the salvation and restoration that God freely offers. Amen!
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