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When Life Needs Healing

You don’t get invited to the Homecoming dance. Your marriage falls apart. You experience a slipped disc while playing golf. Your race becomes the brunt of a joke. Your child is bullied online. On and on it goes. Brokenness everywhere and people hurting: it is one of the issues we deal with on a daily basis. How do we deal with it? Is God still in the business of healing? Interestingly enough, we talk about “salvation” in the church as though it has only to do with our eternity; but “salvation” comes from the root word “salve” which is used for healing. The salvation God brings to the world is more than just for our eternal rest.

It is ironic that one of the main activities of Jesus, healing, would become such a point of contention in today’s church. Some parts of Christendom argue that healing was something that ended with the disciples. Others argue that it must be done a certain way, usually involving specific prayers or the use of oil. For others it is a hopeful, perfunctory prayer said at a bedside or on Sunday mornings. Some churches hold “healing services” while others wouldn’t even think of it. Other parts of Christendom try to give scientific explanations for why the healings in the Bible actually happened, stripping away the miraculous.

Sadly, all of that has sometimes covered up the reality that life needs healing and God has a role to play. People lead broken lives, physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc. And if we are to be like Jesus in any way at all, it means that we need to embrace the role of healing in our Christian walk. This series of studies and sermons is intended to open up our understanding and receptivity to the ways God not only heals, but has designed us to do so. Remember how scripture describes people bringing their loved ones to Jesus because of their hearing of his healing power. Maybe it is time we bring ourselves.