Sometimes we stand in the way of our own healing. We need to ask ourselves the question, "Do I truly want to get well?"
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” (John 5:6 NIV)
There are some people who really don't want to get well. They have become accustomed to having their problems around and are content to live with them. They allow their problems to define everything they think, say, and do. Their life revolves around their problems. Even when life goes well for a bit, they live on edge just waiting for the next problem to show up. The idea of never-ending problems has damaged their belief about who they are and what life can be for them. This defective perspective then influences how they act. Recovering the life God created us to live includes having our belief system transformed by truth. God is willing and able to take care of everything that concerns us and give us solutions for every problem.
The Lord will work out his plans for my life—for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. (Psalm 138:8 NLT)
We need to stop living our lives based on lies and injustices that took place in the past. We need to bring the events that influenced our current belief system before the Lord. We need to ask His forgiveness for any part we played in allowing those events to control our lives. As we affirm God's care for us and His power to sort out our problems, faith will grow in us and we will begin to see how God may use even problem events from our past for something good in our lives.
We need to stop living our lives based on lies and injustices that took place in the past. We need to bring the events that influenced our current belief system before the Lord. We need to ask His forgiveness for any part we played in allowing those events to control our lives. As we affirm God's care for us and His power to sort out our problems, faith will grow in us and we will begin to see how God may use even problem events from our past for something good in our lives.
Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. (Psalm 55:22, Romans 5:3 NLT)
As we continue in the practice of surrendering our will and our lives to God, we will be strengthened to deal with any situation that comes our way.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want to get well. Help me renew my mind in the truth of Your word so that my belief system is reprogrammed by the power of Your Holy Spirit. AMEN.
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