Have you ever had a scripture download in the middle of an unrelated sermon because God was speaking to you about your concerns? That’s what happened to me.

It wasn’t because I wasn’t paying attention to the message being preached, but because I’m going in for surgery this week and my emotions are all over the place. I think God wanted to grab my attention. I didn’t think too much about it then, but I tucked it away until today when I could soak it in.

Yet he himself bore our sicknesses, and he carried our pains;  but we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God,  and afflicted. But he was pierced because of our rebellion,  crushed because of our iniquities;  punishment  for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.

Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭CSB‬‬

What strikes me first about this passage is that it was written over a hundred years before Jesus was born. Amazing. Right? But the point God was showing me was that Jesus took on himself my pain, my affliction, everything this broken world and this broken body can throw at me, including what suffering I’ve brought on myself.

Let’s look at some more verses.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?… Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price…

1 Corinthians‬ ‭6‬:‭15a‬, ‭19‬-‭20a‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.‬‬

Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭AMP

Do I believe in the gifts of healing? Yes. Do I believe God desires us to be healed? Yes. But whether I’m miraculously healed or have healing ministered to me through the hands of doctors, I walk in faith trusting Jesus has me.

One more note: I wanted to panic and ask for everyone to be praying for me, (this is my anxiety speaking), but God said to me something like, “You can pray or you can have others pray, but your faith needs to be in me.”

That’s it for now. I’ll see you on the other side of my surgery and let you know if my anxiety surrendered to my faith.

Grace & Peace,

Sandy

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