Psalm 147:3-6 NKJV – 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 6 The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.
This past Sunday at church God gave me a vision to remind me just how much He loves me and His people. The vision happened while the worship team was singing a song called “Met by Love” by United Pursuit. During the song I was on the floor by the altar to pray for anyone needing prayer and I also was worshiping God. I was singing and reflecting on the goodness of God and then God gave me a vision of His love. While I was worshiping, God gave me a vision of a big heart in the room. The heart was radiating love and with each heartbeat that love would pulsate in the room. The more love that the heart was radiating, the heart would get bigger. As the heart continued getting bigger the more it was radiating love. Eventually the heart and the love it was radiating filled the entire room.
God had reminded me that His love is the only pure true love. A love that never fails. A love that is unconditional. A love that is never ending. A love that gives life. A love that never dies. A love that is constant. A love that heals. A love that delivers. A love that saves the worst of sinners. A love that breaks religious strongholds. A love that tears down walls. A love that removes guilt and shame. A love like no other.
During moments like that where I experience more of the father’s love, God heals places in my heart that I did not know were still vulnerable. Places where there is still unresolved hurt. I am the kind of person who wears my heart on my sleeve. I try my best to live my life as an open book, even though I also tend to bury my pain deep too. It takes great strength to be vulnerable, to be exposed, to be transparent. But when you leave your heart wide open it is also vulnerable to attacks too. Why is it that our greatest strengths can also sometimes become our greatest weakness? We may never know why. But what we do know is the promise of God’s love and that He is a healer of broken hearts.
Growing up my philosophy was that “Nothing is more painful than a broken heart. Everything else is just a bee sting.” Yeah, I thought I was deep back then ha-ha. And yes, a bee sting hurts too, but it is a temporary pain, a pain that can be treated. Of course, if you are allergic to bees then a sting can be deadly, I understand. Love has always meant a lot to me, ever since I was a kid. I have always tried my best to make people feel loved. But sometimes when we show love, we do not feel love back. Regardless of how people treat us, Jesus commanded us to love one another in John 13:34-35. It is not an option; it is a command. Our love for others should never be based on how people love us.
As humans though we are only capable of loving so much. With our flesh we have our limitations when loving others. Those limitations happen when we allow our flesh to take over. Love means different to different people. We grow up thinking we know what real love is, we think we have love figured out. I know growing up I thought I knew what real love was, but I was wrong all along. I did not know what real love was until I experienced the love of Jesus. We are able to love God because He loved us first (1 John 14:18-20, I will expound on that more in a future blog post). God’s love draws us to Him. God’s love gives us joy and true happiness.
Also, as humans, especially in the flesh, it is hard at times for us to feel love. We sometimes feel unworthy of God’s love. Maybe you are a giver but have trouble receiving. Carrying around guilt and shame of our past will make us feel unlovable. Feeling all alone, abandoned, and rejected. But yet we have tons of promises of God’s love in the bible. We have tons of experiences feeling His love in our Christian walk, His presence. We have tons of moments where God reminds us of His love. He wants to heal the hurt, the pain, the heartbreak. He wants to heal guilt and shame. Just like in Psalms 147:3, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”.
Make a declaration, today, right now that… “Only God can heal my broken heart. Nothing in this world can satisfy the pain or fill the empty void inside. Nothing in this world can piece together what was lost and broken. Only You God. Only You! I am loved because You love me. People may fail me, but you never have, and you never will. People may hurt me, but you Lord, you heal me! My heart is healed in Jesus’ name! I am a child of God and you Lord are my protector.”
