He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
"The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners" Isaiah 61:1
In order for someone to be healed, the process can not be rushed. Today, I was riding along looking at waterlilies in the lake at the state park, when suddenly I was on the ground. Life is like that, you know. You're going along and bam, you're on your backside. I fell off my bicycle and sliced my knee opened. The wound required over fifty stitches.
I believe God allowed me to experience both wounding and sewing because He has called me to bind up the hearts of young girls internationally, figuratively to sew up their wounds- spiritually and emotionally. See, I have a vision of opening an all-girls visual and performing arts school near Mt. Carmel, in Israel. But, I needed to understand what it means to be sewn back together. Since, "we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose"( Romans 8:28), I believe God will use this event for his divine preparatory purposes.
With a wound, such as the one I received, a great deal of blood was lost. Because I suffer anemia, there was legitimate concern about fatigue and weakness. Much like a physical wound, an emotional one can drain your life's energy and cross-contaminate everything around it. That is why a wound must be cleansed and decontaminated. Everything must be sterile, including the physician's hands. At the hospital today, there was a litany of cleaning rituals including washing utensils, applying disinfectant, and discarding soiled items. Meditate on these scriptures about purity and cleanliness.
I Timothy 2:8 I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.
2 Samuel 22:21 "The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
Job 17:9 Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
Job 22:30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.
In other words, purity and cleanness matters to God; it determines if He can fight on our behalf.
Since I have never had stitches, I did not realize what that procedures required. With my injury today, I understand the process better. The wound must first be irrigated with a saline solution. The doctor then used gauze to clean the wound and inhibit bleeding. In the same way, God uses His Word to irrigate our hearts with His Word: "Cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless" (Ephesians 5:25-27).
Then, the doctor deadened the pain with an injection directly to the site. After deadening the site, he began sewing the interior of the knee together- muscle and sinew.Then, he began to sew the skin back together-even small scraps. The doctor stitched the skin back on to my knee like needlepoint- careful, diligent, and meticulous. He told me that the small piece would fall off after dying and be replaced with new sin. You see that too is part of the healing process; something has to die to be born again. That is the hard part. God has given us a dream, and sometimes, that dream has to die, to birth something better. Think about it- the nation of Israel wanted a reigning Messiah, that Messiah did not come to them. Instead, Messiah Y'Shua died, but when He returns, He will return as the King of David, the Lion of Judah, not the Lamb who was Slain.
Lastly, the doctor applied the bandages and bound them with tape. God promises in Psalm 147 to bandage our wounds. He binds our wounds so that they will not be infected, but rather healed. He covers our spirits with the seal of the Holy Spirit to keep contaminates out and allow His Spirit to heal us (2 Corinthians 1:22).
God is the ultimate surgeon. He binds up our wounds; He bandages them. He carries us close to his heart, with our wounds, till we are healed. When we are wounded, our hearts are drawn close to God; we heal as He holds to His heart. I know that I am closer to God in my pain.
I pray that God will use me as His skilled hands to bring healing to the nations- to make a girls brigade of healed warriors. If you want to know more about this project, leave a comment in the box on the blog page or contact me at chutzpahgirl@gmail.com
The Great Physician's Fastidious Seamstress In-Training,
M.J.
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