Cycles of Newness

“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and in truth.” — Jesus to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well.

Sitting here in St. George watching the golfers tee off after week of fun and good times with the family. I am blessed. Thinking about the past year, the struggles I have had and how God has blessed me and walked with me each day. In 12 months I have gone from walking with a cane and gluten-free to beautiful hikes and Big Macs pain free. Here are a couple truths I have learned about healing during that time.

My struggles and thus my healing, is foremost spiritual, and that’s ok. Our spirit, soul and body are not at odds with each other, though sin tries its best to cause division. God has set this precedent in the Holy Trinity. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three persons, yet live in perfect harmony and love with one another. And He has made us in their image. Secularism tries to convince us to keep our lives and well being into well defined boxes so that mistakes and weakness in one area of our lives would not spill over into other boxes. This is a fatal and prideful error. We do not need more separation, we need more relationship. The areas of our lives, the parts of our body, even our relationships with other people, were meant to work together as the Holy Trinity does. We separate them when sin enters and threatens to cause havoc, but remember, God in his great love will judge both the sin and the sinner, and his Word can separate bone from marrow.

I am content with who I am, not stuck nor striving. My identity has always been in Christ, and as I surrender to Him, each moment I surrender is one more moment free from sin and pain. My perspective on time and waiting has shifted quite dramatically. I don’t look so much for my big break, or my salvation after salvation. God lives in eternity, if He decides to start something, so be it. If God has declared something finished, let it be finished. I need not wait for healing or big breaks, for God’s presence and entire being is here. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Peace from anxiety and pain is in Him, and He walks with me this moment.

Subsequently, my healing cannot be taken away, nor can it be lost. My healing is found in Christ and Christ alone. No one has the power to undo the cross and no evil power can hide or steal me from the ever living God. I look forward to the day that we “see face to face” and sin is cast from our presence, but even in this present age of this fallen world, nothing can separate me from the love (and healing) of Christ.