Groaning. Broken. Heavy feelings in the chest. Fears. Sins. Forgiven?? YES! Healed?? Still a process…
Why is it that every Christian has areas in their lives where they know they are forgiven, but we can’t seem to experience complete freedom? Is not God strong enough to heal us? Isn’t this the reason why God came to this earth? To set us free, break those chains, give us freedom? Why is it that God decides to heal someone completely in one spontaneous instant, and at other times it’s a long gruelling process? Our lives are His. Our heavy hearts are His. He knows us inside-out. With this understanding of our personal God who cares for us, I want to attempt to give a brief “gut response” to the above questions.
It seems to me like we experience daily brokenness in specific areas for many reasons: To keep us reliant on God, His strength and grace; to keep us turning back to our Jealous Lord; to keep us humble before God and others; to keep us from becoming “holier than thou art” saints. Yes, we are made holy through Jesus. Yes, we are made pure through Jesus. Yes, we are many things because of Jesus!
I think of where we are all living. A broken world. Brokenness keeps us within reach of a broken and hurting world, so we can have solidarity with everyone living in it. The call for an authentic and honest Christianity is ours, before God and others.