Healing What You Can't EraseEsimerkki

LIFT UP YOUR EYES Do you remember, from yesterday’s devotional, what Adam and Eve were like before sin? They “were both naked and were not ashamed” (Genesis 2:25). Leaving our shame behind requires a decided unwillingness to clothe ourselves in a false identity of pretense, pride, self-protection, insecurity, perfectionism, performance, or anything that would inhibit a full view of who we really are, bro­kenness and all. Forging a roadmap to wholeness requires us to forsake the false. Consider the following words from David in Psalm 24: Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. (Psalm 24:3-4) You see, this idea of designing our roadmaps to wholeness isn’t about self-satisfaction or comfort, even though when we walk in the ways of the Lord, we are positioned for blessing. And healing what we can’t erase isn’t about achieving a state of utopia. That’s self-help and secular humanism with a Christian veneer. On the contrary, charting our course to wholeness is about the transformation of our spirits, souls, and bodies so that we may ascend the mountain of the Lord with clean hands and pure hearts. Moreover, it’s so that we may steward the lives we have been given with excellence and authority for the glory of the Lord and the expansion of His kingdom. The author and finisher of our faith calls us to Himself, where everything once unexposed must come into the light of His presence, to receive healing. He is the One who brings complete meaning to the fragmentation of our experiences. So, lift up the eyes of your heart today. Your salvation comes not from within but from above. He has called you by name and has lifted you up out of the ashes. Now, will you stand up and walk with Him? Will you follow Him on this spiritual journey toward transformation? One blessed result, as we’ll see in the next devotional, is supernatural peace. In what way is God calling you to trust and follow Him today?