I think there are a lot of people who need to move forward. Get past the hurt. As a Christian, we should be an excited person and full of life. I know for some people the wounds are very deep and take a long time to heal, and that is good to allow the process to happen. I think many people use the pain as a crutch however.
Some people spend their entire lifetime up at the altar in tears. They never step out into the joy and happiness that God has for them. It pains me to see people who have been saved for years still walking with their head down and looking as if they are torn apart inside.
GOD GAVE YOU LIFE!!!
Be excited for life. You now have Jesus on the inside of you. Jesus did not die so you can spend your entire life on earth searching. He is the answer to all questions. Many people have the ability to step out of the sorrow, they never do however. There are some people that even Jesus is shouting to you "GET OVER IT!!"
I am saying this out of experience. There was a time when I spent week after week being wrecked by the Holy Spirit. It seemed I was always in tears at the altar. The Spirit layed so heavily on me that I could feel God doing a mighty healing to my heart. No matter what the word was that the Pastor would preach that week, it seemed to always speak to the pains in my heart I needed to be healed from. God took me through a process of stripping off the layers and layers of sorrowful experiences from my twisted life.
Then suddenly one day, it all stopped. I no longer could find the Holy Spirit during service. I even started to think" now even God has abandoned me". I stood at the alter with my hands raised, trying to press in. I was searching for that familiar feeling of pain being stripped from me. Yet week after week, I could not find it.
One day, while at the alter during one of my favorite Praise and Worship songs, God whispered to my heart in a soft quiet voice one word…."Life".
I stopped searching for that same feeling of healing. I allowed the Spirit to just flow through me as God had wanted it to. You see, The Holy Spirit is not a one dimensional force. There are many aspect to the Holy Spirit. It will speak different emotions both to and through you. If you try to control The Spirit, you will surely lose that connection.
I found myself starting to get excited for life. Jesus was breathing life into the core of my soul but I was blinded. I was trying to stay in the era of healing and forgiveness. God does not want us to stay in that stage forever however. He wants us to move on, step out of the sorrow and be glad. Put the pain behind you for life exist in front of you.
The Spirit washed over me with a new feeling. A new person of excitement was born. I found myself no longer looking at the doom and gloom but excited for the future ahead of me. God wants us all to be the light, why then do some of us demand on staying in the fog of the past.
If you are refusing to step out of pains of the past and into the new life Jesus died for, you are insulting God. Some are purposely ignoring the Spirit of joy that God is now breathing on them, just out of fear of letting go of the past. He is telling you to move on. Be excited! Take off the frowns! Show the world how GREAT GOD IS AND HOW OVERWHELMING THE JOY IS!
I just finished reading a book called The Mystical Union by John Crowder. I think everyone should read this book, but he says this.
"The first time you glanced at Christ in faith, all of your iniquities were taken away. Just as the Israelites were commanded to look up at the serpent on the pole in the wilderness, all of their sickness and infirmities were instantly dissolved. Moses didn't tell them to suck the poison out of their wound or to suck it out of each others wounds. Just glance at the tree."
You are now in Union with God. Because of Jesus you have the power to be healed. So be healed! It really is effortless. He is loving, so he will allow a process to take place if you insist, however there does’t have to be a process. I find no scripture that says God wants to take you through a process. I find no scripture that says you need to work at being healed. Jesus just healed. And when you go into union with him, you enable yourself to be a vessel to heal others. I find it hard to believe that he can use you to heal other people but he will not heal your own pains. That would not make much sense. He wants to give you Joy. So just receive it!
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
—Psalm 16:11
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
—Colossians 1:11-14
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
—Galatians 5:22-23
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