“You
have been called to live in freedom,
my brothers and sisters” (Galatians 5:13, NLT). “Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17, NLT).
No one likes to face pain. When you
live through suffering, your natural instinct is to bury the pain as deep as
you can. But that is not God’s plan. What may be your natural instinct is not His.
He never wastes your hurt or what you face, and He does not want you to bury
it. He longs to use the pain you experience—the things that you regret—the
highs and the lows—the fears and the failures—the very things from which you
want to hide—for His glory. Your pain is more than just being about you. He
wants you to experience the incredible freedom that comes with the presence of
His Spirit so that your healing will make a difference in the life of someone
else.
Sometimes you want to hide and get
away from what you face. You build a wall to protect yourself from the hurt, but
building a wall doesn't protect you. It imprisons your heart. It imprisons your
spirit. It imprisons healing of your own wounds and hinders God’s freedom to mold
and use you. That wall turns your heart into a heart of stone because, in
closing yourself off, you have shut out His presence. But when you allow that
wall of false protection to tumble down, He turns your pain into victory—not just
for your benefit but so others have access to your life.
“I'll
give you a new heart,” He promises,
“and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and
give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26, NIV). When your heart yields
completely to Him, it becomes one of tender spiritual flesh. It is a heart that
is malleable, vulnerable, and not afraid of the pain that often accompanies
healing. It is heart that is ready to face the hurt of the past or the present
head-on and allow Him freedom to do whatever is necessary. Willing to deal with
whatever must be faced that heart trusts that if God has exposed the pain He is
more than capable of handling all that has caused it.
What do you wish for your
life? Do you wish for your life to be
real, vulnerable, and willing? Do you which to experience healing of your mind—your
body—your spirit so that He can use you to bring healing to someone else? The wall keeping your pain tightly in place
keeps you from experiencing the freedom of His Spirit. Relinquish your wall.
Open yourself to His firing. Allow Him to mold and move you as He desires. Pain
you experience in life is not meant to bury you. It is meant for you to soar.
© 2017 Lynn Lacher
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