Is your soul healed, or have you temporarily medicated it, covering up the wounds for a short time?
Jennifer Rothschild says in Me, Myself, & Lies that when we are physically and emotionally spent and worn, we become susceptible to the Enemy’s attack. We become an easy target. As a result of a fatigued soul and body, our Enemy attacks with despair, depression, impatience, lies, and self condemnation. So it’s critical that we speak rest to our souls and stay connected.
As I was finishing up this study, an amazing picture came to me.
When I get sick with a cold, sinus infection, something that requires medicine, I go to the doctor. He looks at my throat, shines the light in my eyes, and looks in my ears and nose. Then he diagnoses me and sends me home with a prescription for an antibiotic. The bottle clearly states to finish the medicine – take ALL of it. But I never do. I start to feel better and quit taking the medicine. I know I should continue to take it, but I store it away for a later date.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve watched this happen in my faith. Something happens that makes me spiritually sick. It could be physically, mentally or emotionally. I find myself crying out to God and begging him to help me. He does. He prescribes the perfect antibiotic to heal me – His Word. I wake up in the mornings craving it. I want to dig deeper into Scripture and find the answers that will heal me.
Then I start to find the answers. I apply them to my life. My soul starts feeling better. It’s not long before I put the antibiotic away and store it for later. I’m better now right? I should only take medicine when I’m sick. I seem to walk around with a smile, a healed soul, and a love for Jesus.
Then it starts again – the sickness. Something knocks me down. I catch the sad bug. I’m defeated, tired, depressed, impatient, full of lies and despair. It’s time to go back to the doctor. This time it’s not the flu. My soul is desperately in need of an antibiotic. It’s desperately in need for God’s Word – the ultimate medicine.
Do you ever have this problem? Why do we wait until we’re so sick that we’ve let the Enemy defeat us before we seek God? What if we continued that ultimate antibiotic everyday? What if we seek Him constantly instead of just when we feel we need Him to rescue us from despair?
Oh how I crave this! I want to wake up every day seeking Him; seeking His Word. Yet I put Him aside and stick Him in storage until I need Him later.
We get sick from many things, including germs. I can’t say we’ll never get physically sick. What if we could never be spiritually sick? I’m a huge fan of hand sanitizer. I use it often. God is the ultimate hand sanitizer. His Word is 100% germ free. If we dig into it, we can’t be sick – we can only be healed.
Let’s not wait until we’re in despair to cry out for healing. Let’s not wait until we feel like we have nothing before we ask Him for something.
What’s your prescription?