Spiritual Healing

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" Psalm 147:3 (NIV)

Spiritual healing can be such an awesome thing. One certainty is this, if you cry out to God to heal your heart and your spirit, He will do it. He may not give us everything that we ask for in this world or heal us of our bodily afflictions, but He is quick to heal our heart. "A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?" (Proverbs 18:14). He wants us to be pure, clean, and unharmed on the inside. Matthew says "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled"(5:6). These worldly bodies will pass away, but our spirits will remain forever. The choice is ours to have a clean heart that resides with the Lord (Matt 5:8) or to have an unbelieving and foul spirit that does not trust in Him and burns in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8). The ultimate spiritual balm came when Jesus dragged himself to the cross bearing all of our sins and burdens. "But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:3) Let us believe that Christ bore all our sins and cry out to God to heal our spirit and know that we will be cleansed and renewed daily in our hearts. For God may not heal your worldly infirmities, but He will certainly cleanse your spirit and prepare it a dwelling place in His house forever (Psalm 23:6).