2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."
Sometimes sin is the issue and sometimes sin is the cover for an deeper issue. So now that the sin has been taken care of by our realization of it, our asking forgiveness by repenting, and our rebuking the enemy - removing the demonic influences from our lives; there may be some pain that the Father wants to remove. There may be some wounds that He wants to heal.
"Whoa, wait a minute. The past is the past and I just don't want to go there. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, wore out the t-shirt. I've been through the stuff once, I am not going to go through it again."
Ok. The Lord is gentleman and He is incredibly patient. He knows that if our desire is to grow in Him, then we will eventually have to let Him into those areas that make us squirm and gives us that sinking feeling inside. That's fear. Why do we sense that apprehension, fear or sheer terror whenever we think about getting down into the 'heart' of the matter (pun intended)?
I think it's two-fold. One, the enemy does not want us to be free. C'mon, he's here to kill, steal and destroy. That's their job description. Bring confusion. Keep us in bondage. Make every effort they can to block us from receiving more of the Lord's mercy and grace in our lives. Why? Because they know our potential once we are free. We have all the Power of Christ at our disposal. When we are truly set free from the pain - the grief - the wounds of the past, we become unstoppable warriors in our Lord's army!
The other reason is it hurts! Normal people do NOT like pain... and especially the emotional kind. The kind that after we become defensive and angry with all four walls enclosed around us - the Lord peeks in a crack and soon 'stuff' starts oozing out.... and then the dam breaks. We feel like it NEVER going to stop - like how can someone cry for almost a solid hour (that seemed like days, by the way)? Where do all the freaking tears come from? Is there like some little widget guy in there in our tear ducts with some fire hose looking thing shooting them out? Seriously!
No, it's the pain coming out. It's all those bottled up emotions that led to the pain or that we felt after being wounded. IT'S MORE THAN OK TO CRY - IT'S CLEANSING OUR SOULS! Yeah, I was like, 'so?' also. But you know what, it's worth the pain to get it out... it really is. Jesus will be right beside you... friends will be right beside you. Whatever it is you need at that moment, when it's in the Lord's timing... if you let go of the junk you feel, He'll take it away and give you above all you could imagine.
Ephesians 3:20 "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
Worth the Pain - Disciple
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