Psalm 107:17-22 New American Standard Bible 1995
17 Fools, because of [a]their rebellious way,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorred all kinds of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their [b]destructions.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,
And for His [c]wonders to the sons of men!
22 Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And tell of His works with joyful singing.
The Word of God for the Children of God.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Have you ever asked yourself if can you or you will ever be healed or whole?
Life has a way of breaking you down.
Piece by piece, no peace by absent peace, sin has an insidious way of destroying you from the inside out.
When we take the time, and we dare ourselves to look at our world and the mess it is in, and even our own personal lives, this side of eternity can feel hopeless.
Corrie Ten Boom, a holocaust survivor who lost her father and sister in a concentration camp, said, “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest.”
As I looked up verses on healing and wholeness, I came across this verse in Psalm 107:20. “He sent his word and healed them.”
When I saw “He sent his word,” I was reminded of John 1:14, which says,
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Jesus is the Word that John is referring to here. Sometimes, the Lord doesn’t change our situation because He wants to change us. He wants us to depend on Him and to rely on the truth about His character and His promises in His Word.
In Exodus 15:26, the Lord refers to Himself as the Lord who heals you.
No one is beyond healing.
But we also must acknowledge that this is not heaven.
We live in a fallen world, and on this side of eternity, we will never be fully whole, but in Christ, we are enough because He is enough.
He is sufficient.
Yet, He can still heal, restore, and make whole, but it has to be His will, in His way and in His timing.
One thing we can cling to is truth!
John 8:32, it says, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
So if you’re struggling because you’re believing sins lies, if you know the truth, the truth will set You free. God’s Word also transforms us (Romans 12:2).
Appreciating the Word of God Sent From Psalm 107
Psalm 107 New American Standard Bible 1995
BOOK 5
The Lord Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.
107 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
3 And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the [a]south.
Four dramatic stories of reversal and rescue make up the heart of this psalm.
These are hard, perilous circumstances: lost in the desert, locked up in prison, afflicted and near death, and perishing at sea.
In all of the situations in the Psalm, God unhesitatingly, directly and decisively, acts in powerful, life-giving, life transforming ways to rescue and restore.
If we think or believe that our lives are beyond help or rescue, we are wrong.
God guides us into the desert, to springs of water, out of the desert, breaks our chains, opens prison doors, speaks words of healing, and calms the stormy sea.
We may go down, even stay down for awhile, but God will always bring us back.
Whatever it takes, however long it takes, by all means necessary, God can do it.
Many readers and students note that the stories in this psalm remind them of Jesus’ ministry.
1 John 1:1-4 New American Standard Bible 1995
Introduction, The Incarnate Word
1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— 2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.
John 3:16-17 New American Standard Bible 1995
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His [a]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Jesus comes to connect, to relate, refresh, to rescue, deliver, free, and restore.
He feeds the hungry and provides living water, releases people from chains of disability and illness, rescues people from the grave, and calms the stormy sea.
The gospel Jesus indelibly proclaims is the good news of God’s steadfast love.
In all that Christ does, we see all of God’s love in ceaseless, continuous action.
We may not have stories like these to tell, but all have the story of Ephesians 2: we were dead in our sins, following the ways of this world, deserving of wrath.
But even though we were unable to utter a simple cry for help, God—out of his steadfast love and mercy—He rescued us all through the work of Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 17:14 New American Standard Bible 1995
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
Do we acknowledge this?
Do we believe this?
Do we believe we can be healed and made whole?
Do you believe that you can be healed and made whole?
In the name of God, the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,
Let us Pray,
Psalm 30 New American Standard Bible 1995
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.
A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.
30 I will extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God,
I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
3 O Lord, You have brought up my soul from [a]Sheol;
You have kept me alive, [b]that I would not go down to the pit.
4 Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy [c]name.
5 For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
6 Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will never be moved.”
7 O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
8 To You, O Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I made supplication:
9 “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
10 “Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me;
O Lord, be my helper.”
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
12 That my [d]soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen, amen.
Loving God, Living God, Loving Hope, Living Hope, Loving Living Life His Way! "Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues." - Brother Lawrence (1605-1691), Practicing the Presence of God (1692). 