THE GOD WHO HEALS
Marvellous March day 6
Exodus 15:26
He said, "If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you." NIV
"God declares, "I am the Lord, who heals you." This promise reveals God's identity as the ultimate healer. It goes beyond physical healing and encompasses emotional, spiritual, and relational restoration." The Message
saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer." ESV
He said, "If you will obey me completely by doing what I consider right and by keeping my commands, I will not punish you with any of the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord, the one who heals you."
While I fully believe God heals from sickness, disease, and all illness, physical or mental.
I believe this verse is talking about Emotional, Spiritual and relational healing.
I believe that through following Jesus, surrendering our lives to God, he heals us from ourselves, He heals us from our sins, or wrong choices. He heals us from our past addictions, material things that we have made gods in our lives.
When believers first come to Jesus, I know this was true for me, God healed me from an emptiness I had within, a longing that was there for a long as I can remember.
And I can only describe it as I believe it to be. But God created me (and you) to live in relationship with him, to walk with him daily, to honour him as Lord of my life, to be fully dependant on him, but he also gave me the free will to choose…. To choose HIM. To accept Him. To live in that relationship, I am created for. And it wasn't until I made that choice, Until I decided to give my Life over to God, ultimately giving back to God what was already his, that I felt whole and complete on the inside.
I have lived my life in the past giving my life over to addiction and drugs, self harm, all to fill an empty void in my life. I have given my life over to unhealthy relationships with a longing to belong and a need to feel loved. I have lived in the emotional emptiness of my own negative thoughts.
It wasn't until I gave my life to Jesus and accepted his gift of Salvation that I began to heal emotionally, spiritually, and my relationship with God was restored.
In order for those three areas of my life to heal I needed to follow Gods teachings, live his way, listen to Gods voice and not my own.
I needed to rely on and trust Gods provision.
I'm not declaring my life is any easier since surrendering my life to Jesus, in fact if I'm being honest, I would say It's been harder on some levels.
But I believe this is because of the spiritual battle between good and Evil. Because I am healed Emotionally, Spiritually, I live in a relationship with God, My Heavenly Father, My Creator, because my relationship with God has been healed, because I'm living my life to please God (the best I can, I make mistakes. I'm far from perfect, God has not finished with me yet !) The enemy will always try and pull me back, create challenges in my life to bring me down to pull me out of that relationship with God, to bring me back to a place of emptiness.
Its then that I have to draw closer to GOD.
I have to remind myself, often daily! ;
Jesus has already healed me from so much in my life
I live in a healed relationship with God my Father and creator the one who loves me the most
I live in the healing of Jesus' sacrifice
I live in the healing of who GOD says I am, not my own negative thoughts
I live in the healing of GODS promises
I live in the healing of my relationship with GOD
I live in the Healing of no longer feeling empty, like of piece of me is missing
I live in the healing of Gods strength
I live in the healing of Gods guidance
I live in the healing of God love
