Emotional healing!
Verse for Today: Monday, January 14, 2013
Psalms 30:2 – O Lord my God, I
called to You for help and You healed me.
Emotional sickness is far more
difficult to handle than physical ailments. It appears in the form of extreme fear,
anxiety, hopelessness, depression and despondency. It takes away our confidence
and courage to face difficult situations. It will slowly affect our hormones
and make us physically sick also. But any treatment for the body will not heal
emotional sickness. It needs emotional healing which can ultimately come from
God. When we cry unto God to help us in our helpless estate, He comes to heal
us of our emotional aberrations. His Spirit who dwells in us imparts His peace that
passes all understanding in all our situations. Even when our difficult
situations do not change, we can enjoy God’s peace when we put all our
confidence in Him. When there is utter hopelessness in our situations, God can give
us hope in our hearts. We are admonished to cast all our burdens on the Lord
and relax and rest in Him no matter what happens to us or who is against us.
David went through difficult situations and there were times when he didn’t
know how to face the next moment in his life. There were dangers all around him
which could have meant his total annihilation. Still he cried unto the Lord who
healed him of his fear, anxiety and confusions. His hopelessness was turned to
bright hope against all odds. Jacob experienced it at Bethel. Joseph
experienced it in the broken cistern and the prison. Daniel and friends enjoyed
it in the lion’s den and in the furnace. Jeremiah experienced it in the broken
well. John experienced it in the Island of Patmos. Peter and Paul had such
peace in their prison cells. Today we can have this peace and emotional healing
no matter how cumbersome or hopeless our situation is.
Dear friend, are you going
through a time of emotional aberrations because of your difficult situations?
Have you lost peace, confidence and courage in life to face your situations?
Are you withdrawn and isolated because of fear and anxiety which slowly eat you
away and make you physically weak? Do you encounter sleeplessness, poor
appetite and digestive disorders? Do you feel that you have lost all your
enthusiasm and energy to do anything? It is important that these symptoms are
recognized and handled by faith in the Lord who is able to give you peace and
rest in your soul. If you confess your fear and anxiety which grieve the Spirit
of God and when you are filled by the Spirit, you will see that the peace of
God which passes all understanding will fill your heart and life in spite of
your difficult situations. By worrying and fearing, you will not accomplish
anything or solve your problems, but will only make you sick. But if you
confess these negative emotions and ask for healing, God will hear your cries
and heal you of all your emotional hurts and wounds. You will then be enabled
by the Spirit of God to believe on the promises of God. If you submit your
problems to the Lord as David, Job, Joseph, Jacob, Nehemiah, Gideon and Daniel
did, He will find a way out for you. At the same time, He will strengthen your
heart through His Spirit and give you the courage and confidence to handle your
situation by faith. Today your Lord’s ears are open to your cries of
helplessness and His hands are at work to handle your situations. As He works
to solve your problems, His Spirit will strengthen you to hope against hope. What
He has done for David will be done for you also today if you trust Him and put
your total faith in Him.
Psalms 103:3 - (The Lord)
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.
Thought for Today
God responds to our cries of helplessness to heal our emotional
infirmities and fill our hearts with confidence and courage to face our
situations.
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