Healing the incurable

TODAY'S READING: Jeremiah 30
As I read today's passage, I couldn't help but think about the people who live here along the Gulf Coast. Thoughts of wounds,exile, and reconstruction. Many people in Mississippi were forced from their homes with little warning and returned to find nothing.
Often in our lives we experience times similar to this. We face pain and suffering. We are injured physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We look at life and wonder what happened.
But as God speaks through Jeremiah we hear about a God that heals. We read of a God that can heal the incurable wounds in our life. The cure that no doctor in this world can provide.
What kind of incurable wounds do you have?
Who has hurt you in a way that you feel "scarred for life?"
What deep emotional and spiritual injuries still hurt?
The message from Jeremiah is clear. God is a God who heals. He heals those who have no other hope.
And there is a guarantee for all who follow the Lord. There will come a day when all of God's people will suffer no more. Even if we never completely escape the struggles of this world, there will be a new world and a time of peace.
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a beautiful bride prepared for her husband.
I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, 'Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever.'" (Revelation 21:1-4)
On the Day of the Lord we will find ourselves surrounding the throne of God, engulfed by His presence. On that day we will experience the ultimate healing. All the pains and wounds of this world will be gone forever.
But in the meantime God offers healing in this world as well. We best see this is Jesus.
Jesus came to heal the sick - physical and spiritual.
Jesus came to reach out to those who needed to be healed.
Jesus came to cure those who knew they couldn't heal themselves.
As you face difficulties in your life, stop trying to heal yourself and see the only Doctor who can bring healing that will last forever. Trust God to heal your heart and spirit. Let His healing touch you where you need it most.

shine!
Jason