Available For Healing

Due to the oppression of our addictive lifestyle, many of us made a move towards recovery only to struggle and relapse.  We now wonder if it is possible for us to be free from our dependency and live well.  We wonder if there really is any hope for us to live a purposeful life over the long haul.

For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time--to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.  (2 Timothy 1:9 NLT)

ne woman who came to Jesus had been physically bent over in her body for 18 years.  Even though her situation may have seemed hopeless to her, when she heard about Jesus and His power to heal, she allowed hope to grow in her.  She left her everyday activities and went to a place where people gathered in the name of God and where Jesus was.  This woman made herself available for Jesus to touch her and receive His power to do for her what she could not do for herself.

When Jesus calls out to us, are we willing to come to Him and allow Him to straighten out the crooked things of our past or do we continue to hang on to the pain, the familiar resentments, and self-pity that keep us living a bent life? 

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. (James 4:10 NLT)

Only God’s touch can help us stand straight with dignity and strength and purpose today.  His touch is all we need.  God tells us not to rely on our own understanding, which is flawed, but to come to Him and He will make our paths straight.  If we are going to successfully live in recovery, we need to wholeheartedly surrender our will and our life over to the care of God and choose to follow His ways in all our affairs.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, Please touch me.  Straighten out anything that is bent within me so I can live my life with dignity and purpose. Amen

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