Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Two years ago, almost to the day, I received a prophetic word that I would be going through a “season of healing”. This was a deeply comforting word as I know there is much that needs to be healed in order for me to keep marching towards wholeness. Images of an all day spa, a lounge chair in the sun by a gentle waterfall and a soft beach towel on a warm sandy beach were the first pictures of healing that came to my mind. But is that what healing really looks like?
Let’s think about what happens when we get a cold. Our nose runs, our throat hurts, we get a fever, we don’t sleep well and our body aches. These are all the symptoms of being sick. But aren’t these actually the result of our body’s blueprint for healing? Our nose runs because it’s getting rid of the foreign germs. Our temperature rises to try to kill the invaders. Our body aches because our immune system releases extra white blood cells to fight off the infection which in turn causes achy inflammation. Isn’t it possible that our healing in the spiritual looks a lot like our healing in the natural?
How are people told to heal after major surgery? They are told they may experience lots of pain. They may need to avoid using certain parts of their body. They typically need to rest so their body can heal like it is designed to do. They may also need to find a support system to help them stay strong and not give up on achieving full recovery. Or they may be sent to a rehab facility to strengthen and retrain their body. These things all require endurance.
We want our spiritual healing to be peaceful and relaxing but what if our healing brings some painful memories and emotions to the surface so that they can be dealt with once and for all? What if all the work required in the invisible depths of our soul leaves us exhausted and weary? Is this not the picture of healing we were hoping for? Perhaps we need to shift our perspective.
Final Thoughts…
Just like healing in the physical takes time and process, so too does spiritual healing. There are things we either need to start doing or stop doing depending on our situation. If we find ourselves in a season of emotional turmoil, exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed perhaps God has us on the operating table binding up some wounds. Instead of letting these feelings and emotions consume us we need to lean into God and ask Him what we need to do to aid in this season of transition. Our level of comfort cannot be the gauge for our level of healing. Jesus was certainly not comfortable on the cross, but if He didn’t face the cross, He wouldn’t have encountered resurrection’s healing power. And neither would we.