Healing is a Process- Don’t Give Up!
“So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4
The condition of our hearts matter. Our hearts are like a rudder on a boat. It directs us wherever we go. If your heart is broken, cracked, wounded or afraid from past experiences you will view everything and everyone in life from that perspective. Unfortunately, there are many, many children of Yahweh who still live from a broken perspective. In Luke 4, we see Jesus stepping up to the front of the synagogue to read the Scriptures as He was handed Isaiah 61, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Then He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
For so long we have focused on what Jesus came to save us from, but He wants us to know what we are saved for. The first step after Jesus says I am here to preach the gospel - the Good News to those who are poor in spirit is to heal your heart. The healing of the heart is priority because we cannot be free until our hearts are healed. It takes time to heal a heart but as we talked about yesterday you must surrender every area of your heart to the oil of the Spirit. There’s an exchange Jesus wants to make with us. His beauty for our ashes. Ashes are the negative thoughts you have about yourself, doubts and disappointments you have from others, behaviors and appetites you are frustrated with. The beauty of the Lord is peace, love, acceptance of who you are in Him, fascination with His eyes. He gives you joy in place of sadness and depression. You no longer have to walk around with heaviness. He gives the freedom to praise Him openly and without restraint.
This is a process. It does not happen overnight but a consistent turning your heart to Him daily will bring you to the place of what you are saved for. In Isaiah 61: 4 it says we are Mighty Oaks of Righteousness planted by Yahweh as a living display of His glory. We will restore ruins from long ago and rebuild what was long devastated. We will renew ruined cities and desolations of past generations. We have been saved to see restoration of many, many generations. The task is not too great. Each one of us must allow Him to heal us to wholeness and our hearts will come alive in Him. This changes things around us one person at a time.
If you don’t feel a fire blazing inside of you for Jesus, you only feel weighed down, sad, tired and unhappy with you this is an invitation to ask Him where you need to make the exchange. Sit with Him and let him love you. Receive His love. It purifies our hearts and brings the impurities to the top to be removed. He is not disappointed in you. He is jealous for you to be who He sees deep inside your heart.
