The last two weeks, I talked about loving<\/a> and forgiving<\/a> those who have hurt us. Today, I want to finish up by focusing on healing from those hurts. As I shared in last week’s blog<\/a>, there are different areas that we can get hurt in. Though some may be more painful than others, hurt is still hurt. It is important that we understand that God wants to heal all of our hurts, whether great or small.<\/p>\n

Healing is something that we are going to need throughout our life because we are jars of clay that break very easily. We have a lot that we have to deal with and battle with in life. We are imperfect people in an imperfect world and we hurt one another. We also have an enemy who seeks to hurt us (1 Peter 5:8). And we have a battle within us between our own flesh and our spirit (God’s Spirit in us). They are in conflict with each other so we hurt ourselves because we don’t always follow His Spirit and do the good that we want to do (Galatians 5:17). God is the only One who is perfect and constant and stable in our life. He is our rock and our healer.<\/p>\n

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Psalm 18:2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to share with you what I have personally learned about healing through my walk with God. First and foremost, I learned the importance of acknowledging our hurt to ourselves and before God. In 2 Samuel 13<\/strong>, the Bible tells us about David’s son Amnon and how he raped his half-sister Tamar. When Tamar’s brother Absalom and her father David found out, they were both very angry, yet neither of them did anything to help her. Absalom’s response in verse 20 was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet now, my sister; he is your brother. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take this thing to heart.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/em><\/strong>The verse then ends with\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house, a desolate woman.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>I had always thought that the best way to get through a hurt was to ignore it. As you can see from Tamar’s story, it only hurt her more and stole the rest of her life from her. What happened to Tamar is not God’s will for us. God can’t heal us when we keep our pain hidden inside of us. God wants us to fully expose our hurts to Him so He can completely heal us. He doesn’t want us to hide it under a covering of shame and live our lives desolate inside. That is not what God desires for us.<\/p>\n

Once we acknowledge that we have been hurt, we need to know that Jesus has already healed us. In Luke 4:18 (NKJV),<\/strong> Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:1 saying, The Spirit of the LORD<\/em><\/strong> is<\/em> upon Me, Because He has anointed Me<\/em> To preach the gospel to<\/em> the<\/em> poor;<\/em> He has sent Me<\/em> to heal the brokenhearted,<\/em> To proclaim liberty to<\/em> the<\/em> captives<\/em> And recovery of sight to<\/em> the<\/em> blind,<\/em> To<\/em> set at liberty those who are<\/em> oppressed.<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>He then said in v. 21<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jesus has already provided our healing. It is just a matter of working with God to bring it to pass within us. The amplified version of 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, <\/strong>Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom).<\/em><\/strong> When we receive Jesus, we receive His Spirit. Therefore, we have His healing power literally living inside of us. Once I learned this, it was such a pivotal point for me in moving forward with my healing. By knowing that you are already healed, helps you persevere and take hold of that healing because you are confident that it is there and available for you.<\/p>\n

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The next thing that I have learned about healing is the importance of sharing our hurt with someone. I think that when we get hurt, we often make the mistake of continually sharing our hurt with everyone. This actually hinders our healing. It keeps us focusing on the hurt instead of focusing on God and His healing. It also opens us up for ungodly counsel. It is important that we ask God who He wants to direct us to for support. We should only confide in those who we know God is leading us to, because just like Tamar, those who we think would help us the most, may just let us down and hurt us even more. Always seek God first.<\/p>\n

Lastly, and the most important, is to always go straight to the Word of God. Proverbs 30:5 says,<\/strong> Every word of God is flawless;\u00c2\u00a0he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. <\/em><\/strong>Because we have the potential to get hurt daily, we need God’s word daily. The Bible is healing to us. Psalm 107:14 & 20 says,<\/strong> He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their chains. He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.<\/em> <\/strong>There are times where I have felt so beat down that I didn’t think I could take another day of it and then I’d read the Word or hear it preached and it would literally lift me up inside.<\/p>\n

God’s Word has power. Hebrews 4:12 says,<\/strong> For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.<\/em><\/strong> It is important that we read the Bible with God, asking Him to reveal to us the root of our pain, because our hurt may actually be a result of sin in our own lives. God may be trying to discipline and work in us and we may just be fighting it and hurting ourselves even more. This is why we need to keep moving forward with God and following what He show us, because He’s the only one who knows our hearts. He knows what is hindering our healing and He knows the way to our freedom.<\/p>\n

When we are moving forward in our healing, we will start to see the good God brings about in us through our hurt. Romans 8: 18-21 says, <\/strong>I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that ^{<\/sup>the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n}

When we are healed, God can use us to bring that same healing to others. I am not sitting here writing this to you out of head knowledge of the Bible. I am able to share this with you from my heart because I have been hurt and I have seen the glory and the good God can bring out of pain. God takes our wounds and heals us and glorifies us and then sends us out to lead others to Him to be healed and glorified and used as well. God brings beauty for us and for others out of our ashes.<\/p>\n

…and provide for those who grieve in Zion\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Isaiah 61:3<\/strong>
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I want to encourage you to press on and take hold of that healing available to you through Jesus. Cling to God and allow Him to heal you. Carry Genesis 50:20<\/strong> with you this week and be encouraged that God works all your hurts out for your good.<\/p>\n

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genesis 50:20<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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