Turn Your Wounds Into ScarsSýnishorn

Do You Want To Be Healed?

Like physical scars, emotional scars can come from many sources, each differing in their impact. It could be a tactless comment or an unkind word, or the devastation of a loved one’s betrayal. There is so much that can leave us feeling as if our hearts have been torn open and left to bleed.

King David bared a scar of his own when he wrote in the Psalms, “For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; then I could hide from him. But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in the throng” (Psalm 55:12-14).

In John 5 we read that before Jesus healed the man at the pool of Bethesda, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?” What a strange question to ask of a man who had been sick for 38 years! 

The first step to facilitate healing of emotional wounds is to check if you really want to be healed. 

There are many people today who do not want to be healed. There are some who do not want to visit a doctor, lest they discover that that they have a serious ailment. There are others who know that they are unwell, but prefer to treat it themselves. There are others too who know they are unwell, but still do nothing about it, because they want to wallow in self- pity and love the sympathy of others

Similarly, there are those who do not want to get help in their emotional wounds. They do not want to be helped out of their weakness. They love their weakness, their helplessness, because they crave the attention of others through their helplessness. They do not want to assume responsibility for their own lives.

But this man wanted to be healed, because he says in verse 7 "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled” In other words, he was saying "Yes, I want to be healed, but I cannot. I've tried. I've done everything I know how, but I lack the ability. I've no one to help me. I've given up. I have no hope."

You could be like that. You may have given up on your situation, refusing to believe there is any hope. Your hurt is too deep. You may be saying “I will never be healed.”  

Respond to Jesus’ question and tell Him “I want to be healed.”

Quote: “Satan wants to use our past to paralyze us. God wants to use our past to propel us. The choice is ours.”- Sharon Jaynes

Prayer: Lord, help me. I want to be healed of my emotional wounds. Amen