Where do we go when our soul suffers wounding? Psalm 119:28 tells us: we climb into the bacta tank of scripture. We find healing in the ancient yet alive promises of God. Our soul is somehow miraculously restored by the lasting power of His holy Word.
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Jesus suggested exactly that. “Come away… and get some rest.” Jesus invited His disciples and us alike: ‘Join Me in a place devoid of distraction. Let My presence minister to your overstimulation and restore your soul again.’ The cure for our overwhelmed soul is not the endless scroll of instagram or Facebook. We won’t be brought back to life by binging Netflix or even disappearing into a favorite fiction book for a few hours. We can’t eat or sleep away our feelings. Our soul is rebuilt in the presence of Jesus alone.
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A heart committed to obedience ultimately restores us. Conversely, a heart committed to disobedience destroys us.
I can still remember being a kid and reading about stiff-necked people. I imagined them to be thick about the neck and shoulders, struggling to turn their heads to better hear and obey God.
Hating evil has nothing to do with hating people. Our world has falsely entwined the two. Hating evil is abhorring the affliction that plagues humanity and in the same breath, fighting tirelessly to extricate souls from sin’s deadly grip.
If anyone had valid reason to walk away from the pain of relationship with Jesus and His body of believers, it was His mother. And yet, she didn’t.
Why one? One was willing. One was fed up enough with his station to a point of transformation. One believed Jesus at His word. One was obedient. One was willing to share his testimony when asked.