There is a saying that confession is good for the soul.
Surely that comes from James 5:16. “Therefore, confess your sins to one
another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective
prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” Confession is good for the
soul because it releases the spiritual burden of sin to Christ. It also releases
the emotional and mental burden of sin to the person to whom you confess. Paul
wrote, “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians
3:17). When such a hard burden of guilt is released, then there is spiritual
openness, and freedom makes healing possible. Righteousness is the gift of the
Lord, and prayer does accomplish much. It accomplishes miracles in the name of
God.
III John 2 reads, “Beloved, I
pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your
soul prospers.” I am special to Jesus Christ. He calls me, “Beloved!” He
died for me so I might discover wholeness for my body, mind, and spirit. He
wishes me to prosper and to be in good health. He does not wish me to suffer,
and have illness. His loved me enough to give His life for so that I might be
healed. He sacrificed his life so that I might receive continually through
faith. There is no greater love––that someone who had no sin in His life would
willingly take mine, and give His life unselfishly for me.
What does such a great love wish for me to receive? His
love and truth, and its reality alive and well in my life. To receive
continually through faith, I must grow spiritually. “Faith comes by hearing
the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ” (Romans
10:17). As I prosper spiritually, studying His Word and applying the lesson,
might faith for the healing of body, mind, and spirit be easier? Might the truth
of the message be more real because I have put down a foundation in Him?
My
mind, body, and spirit all answer “YES”! My heart rejoices because I realize
that I have learned another lesson in this walk with the Lord. He trains me in
the way that I should go so that when I am finished on that last day, I will be
refined as gold (Job 23:10). His sanctifying refinement liberates me to believe
in what human eyes say is not true. His report is always good. I will always seek Him and find the lesson, realizing
that God can turn a sacrifice of praise (Hebrews 13:15) into a time of
spiritual, physical, and emotional victory. Even though the battle might still
rage, it still has been won through faith. I am more than an over-comer in
Christ. I am His “Beloved”.
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