Have you ever felt such deep emotional pain that you thought you would never recover? Have you ever wondered, “Can my soul find healing?”
The gospel provides hope that your soul can find healing!
Of course, many of us have heard the gospel defined as “Jesus died to pay for our sins so that we can go to heaven”. The gospel is so much more than this, though! Yes, we get to go to Heaven, but while on earth, He wants us to bring His rule and reign to earth – and that includes healing for our deepest hurts.
Romans 5:17 says, “…those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ”. The entire chapter focuses on how sin and death, which entered this world through Adam and Eve’s choices, has been defeated and that sin and death are no longer the norm for those who have a relationship with Jesus.
Death is not just physical death, but the overall death we see in this world – sickness, disease, broken hearts, dreams, and relationships, loneliness, isolation, child abuse, destruction, and poverty to name a few. In other words, all those things that afflict us and make us wonder if we will ever be whole again.
Jesus said in Luke 4:18 & 19, “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Isaiah 61:1 from which Jesus is quoting adds, he “binds up the brokenhearted”.
How many have been brokenhearted? Who feels captive in an abusive marriage or as a child who was abused? Who is entangled in the chains of an addiction or just struggles with something that seems insurmountable? Who has felt the oppression of depression? Jesus came to free us.
Jesus paid for it all. This means He died for the sin we committed and the sin that was done to us. He wants to free us from both. There IS healing for our soul, no matter how deep the pain or great the brokenness. It may be a journey, but one in which He can lead us.