Adapted from Ricky Chelette’s article “What Does Healing Look Like?”
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By Chris
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
What does healing look like? A question that most of us have probably asked at one point. We know what it means to heal physically, but what do we think of when we talk about healing emotionally, relationally, or spiritually?
In short, real healing looks like Jesus.
We live in a fallen world, where brokenness and struggle and sin are present. Just as this sin separates us from God, it also causes consequences in life like brokenness, hurt, and pain. But Jesus died to be a bridge, bringing us back into relationship with God and to redeem all the broken parts of life.
But as the process of sanctification helps develop a right perspective of sin, it also leads us to become more like Jesus. When that happens, we can begin to understand what God says in 2 Corinthians 12:9; “[God’s] power is made perfect in weakness.” It is this ability of Christ to come in and fill the brokenness that allows real healing in our lives!
But what does that look like on a day to day basis? It looks like obedience.
Real healing takes time and discipline. It requires seeing sin and temptation for what it is – a momentary pleasure to medicate a long-existing, real need – and deciding choose the greater good of obedience to Christ and submission to His will and His way.
Healing is not the absence of a struggle, but rather it is the ability to choose to no longer be slave to the wounds of the past.
This is not to say that God doesn’t miraculously heal some people of their struggle in an instant. He is God and can do what He pleases. But when He chooses not too, it is an invitation to walk through the valleys of life while learning to look for Him to be the perfection that fills brokenness and brings healing along the journey with Him.
Adapted from Ricky Chelette’s article “What Does Healing Look Like?”
You can read this article in it’s entirety in the “Article” section of your app, or at https://www.livehope.org/resource/what-does-healing-look-like-2/