THAT time of year
has rolled around again. Sickness lurks
outside everyone’s door. Buy the
tissues, stock up on the cough drops, begin the Ester-C regimen and try to
avoid the swarming pathogens. Hand
washing becomes top priority, followed by covering any coughs or sneezes. We hope for immunity. Our immune system needs to buckle down and
get ready for the storm.
Often, regardless of
our efforts, the pathogen enters without acknowledgement. Once inside a host, a pathogen seeks a
susceptible cell, one for it to overpower and weaken. After searching throughout, it finds that one
little entrance. Upon entering, the work
begins. Often the process goes slowly, wreaking
havoc one symptom at a time. The
pathogen sets up shop and you may not feel any different at first. Then, as it replicates, invades more and more
cells and goes to town. . .an achy body dominates the day. Progress reveals a slight fever, cough,
sneeze, etc. Denial sets in: “I don’t have time for this,” “I am fine,”
“This soon shall pass.”
It will not go away
until you surrender and call the doc!
The invasion of such a pathogen requires the proper antibiotic to kill
it and then create a slight immunity to the same pathogen next time it should
try to take over you. Let it go, face the
facts and get the medicine, take it until completed and begin to feel
better. Don’t quit mid-prescription or
some bacteria remains, only to return with a vengeance. Go all in and get the pathogen out of your
life.
Enough medical
jargon. . .every feel spiritual sickness lurks outside your door? We buy the self-help books, stock up on a
comforting vice, begin searching the internet for prevention tips to avoid this
emotional pathogen waiting to overtake your life. Looking the other way becomes top priority,
followed by building walls around your heart.
We hope for it to go away.
Avoidance is key, right? Suck it
up, ignore the feelings and move on, right?
Speaking from
experience, I can confidently tell you that avoidance and ignoring do not work.
Actually, both do the exact opposite of
healing or protecting. The sickness
remains, the walls grow in strength and emotions take over. So, why avoid facing our struggles head on,
going to the root and begin healing?
My friends, when we
buckle down and take one brick at a time from the walls around our heart, that
little pathogen releases and searches for a susceptible moment, a weakness in
our thoughts. The pathogen works
diligently to overpower our lives. In
our weakness, it takes hold of any possible avenue to bring us down, tear us to
pieces so we will quit. The pathogen
desires for us to place those bricks back around our heart one at a time and
give it that quiet little place it lived in our hearts. It was comfortable in our lives, let it go back
and remain infecting our spirit.
The pathogen reveals
itself as our worst enemy. Once
released, he goes to town, working diligently to tear you down. Any weakness, he takes advantage of and grabs
tight to the slightest entrance into your thoughts. So, let’s medicate ourselves with worldly
things to get by. Let’s numb these
thoughts and emotions until maybe they will just go away or the season will
pass, right?
It will not go away
or truly heal until you surrender and call the Great Physician! He writes one prescription: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30) Truth by Truth, healing takes place.
And though, it does not go away overnight, completing His prescription
for your life will bring peace, joy and love.
The past will remain there, the present will bring pleasant times and you
will be confident that your future is fixed.
Healing comes: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be
burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” The strength gained from releasing such a pathogen is indescribable. God will use this moment in time to build
your ministry which then builds His Kingdom.
Stand strong, times will be rough as the past is released and medicated
with Truth, but know full well that the battle has already been won! You can do this with His medication. Call the Physician today!
Keep praying harder than the devil can work.
Sheree Craig
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