A burned child dreads fire. This illustration is applicable because we dread things from the past that we associate with discomfort and pain. It keeps us from being whole and confident. When you consider a need to be healed or loosed from trauma, it would be a God-given gift to live as if what happened had not happened. God gives us grace not only to overcome the things we face. but also to overcome the effects of the things we face.
Satan doesn’t want you to be able to run to your heavenly Father and be healed, because then you will live as if the trauma had never occurred. You may be tormented by a memory. You may be wrestling with a distrust that aborts you faith and destroys your confidence. But, God wants to heal you right where you hurt. He wants to bring you to a place where you no longer feel the pain. Oh yes, the scars are still there but, the wound on longer hurts. It has been healed!
My dear sisters, won’t you receive God’s grace for the hurting places in your life. Satan will not be able to torment you any longer. The memory of the trauma only serves to remind you of God’s grace and healing touch. Ask God to touch the hurting places in your life. He will.
BEVALUED 