Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. {Matthew 11:28}
Everywhere I look today it seems everyone is talking to a therapist. Don’t get me wrong, I think a therapist can help you when you need something quick sorted out. But the problem I have is looking to the therapist to heal us or to save us from our sorrow and miseries. No one can do that, not even if they have a degree in therapy or in psychology. No one can go into the recesses of our soul and understand the very depths of our hearts…except God. Only God can understand our thoughts afar off and know our innermost being. Learn what king David said about his Therapist – God:
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
{Psalm 139:1-10}
So you see, God knows every single thing about us. He made us, He created us, and He loves us so much that He gave His life for us. There is no better therapist than God. All we have to do is talk to Him and we’re on our way to being well.
The key to healing is faith. Without faith the Bible states it is impossible to please God. He that comes to God must believe that He is God, and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him. {Hebrews 11:6} Once you determine in your heart that God is going to be your healer, you’re going to get healed. When you believe that He can heal you, then you will do your part in getting that healing. It means you will not give up on Him. You will keep knocking and knocking and seeking and seeking and talking to Him. You will spend the time you need with Him to be well.
I used to spend hours upon hours talking to God. Eight hours to me went by so fast because I was so messed up in my heart and in my soul and in my mind, and I had so much to talk about! From the moment I got up in the morning until dinnertime I used to talk to God. Then a few more times before I went to sleep. I was so unhappy. But, I believed in my heart that He alone could help me and that no one else could help me but Him, so I persevered. Because I believed this so strongly, I didn’t look for plan B or for a therapist or psychiatrist, or for other means to make myself feel better. Every time I was miserable and felt I needed help, I talked to God. I spent time talking to God and pouring out my heart and soul to Him. Sometimes on my knees, sometimes in bed, and even many times doing house chores. I did not stop talking to Him. Because I did not give up on Him He has rewarded me and has healed me. As the scriptures states, He rewards those who diligently seek after Him.
Now the key to talking to Him is coming to Him with all of our hearts. Forget your prayer list and your idea of how you’re supposed to come to God. Some people feel that they have to go through all these rites and lighting of the candles and saying these written prayers to enter into the presence of God. Those are not necessary. The Lord showed me one day exactly how I’m supposed to come to Him. I remember one particular day talking to God with my prayer list of people I was praying for. I was so miserable with my prayers but I felt that I needed to pray for my list because talking to Him about myself felt selfish. I felt that unless I prayed every line in my prayer list, I didn’t really pray. But boy, was I wrong. God has shown me since then that talking about my hurts and myself and all the things about what’s going on in my soul are what He is looking for. I remember kneeling down with my face down on the floor about to start with my prayer list when I distinctly heard the Lord said to me, “So, are you going to come to me with your prayer list or with your heart?” That blew me away. I thought about it for a moment, and realized I’m too scared to talk to Him about myself. That was the crux of my problem. I did not want to talk to Him about what was really in my heart and what was bothering me. I would rather pretend them away from Him. So I responded to Him and told Him, “My prayer list.” Meaning, I wasn’t going to come to Him with my heart. You know what happened? I felt His presence go away from me. I felt Him leave me. He’s very merciful to me though because He did not give up on me and I’ve since learned that it’s okay to tell Him about myself, and that in order for me to be well I must be brutally honest with Him with my heart. Whatever is in my heart I must confess and talk to Him about it. It doesn’t matter if I think He’s going to get mad at me and stop loving me. I must come to Him with my whole heart. There is nothing that I’m going to say to Him or have done in the past that’s going to stop Him from loving me. There is nothing that’s going to shock Him about me. He already knows everything about me. I came to realize that there is nothing, absolutely nothing I can hide from Him. Everything and anything that’s in my heart and whatever happened in my life, past and present, He knows. There is absolutely nothing I can hide from Him. He knows me through and through. So what’s the point of pretending anything to Him? He showed me that the only way He can heal me is for me to let it all out and stop hiding things from Him.
Well, to make a very, very long story short, He has truly and fully healed me. I feel so well today I can’t even begin how to describe it. I have never felt so much peace and so much joy in my life before. I cannot even contain the love I feel in my heart today that He fills me with. I feel so in love with Jesus because He has become my healer. He has become my mentor and my therapist. I can never thank Him or love Him enough. The best therapist there is in the world is Jesus Christ. I have proven it in my life. You just have to talk to Him and come with your heart.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. {Jeremiah 29:13}
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. {Hebrews 11:6}
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. {John 3:17}
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {Jeremiah 33:3}
Prayer
Father, thank You with all of my heart for Your great love for me. Lord Jesus, I could never thank You enough for being so gracious to me all these years, for healing me and for delivering me from all of the wretchedness I was feeling all those years. Those many days when I felt there was nothing to live for or to hope for. Thank You, thank You with all of my heart, Jesus, because You were there in those lonely times of my life. I love You so much. Thank You, Father for showing me how to come to You and how to find my healing in You. Thank You for never ever giving up on me. I love You so much!
I pray, Lord that You will help us today who are still struggling and looking for our healing. So many of us today need Your touch and Your healing. So many also need faith in their hearts to believe that You are still a great healer today, ready and willing to be our healer. Please Jesus, give us faith today to be healed. Help us to come to You and spend the time we need to talk to You so we can find our healing. Help us not to be shy about ourselves to You. Help us to be bold and personal with You. Give us faith in Your great love for us Jesus and that You understand us and love us completely. I ask these things Father, for faith in our hearts to be healed, in Your most wonderful and lovely name, Jesus. Thank You, Father. Amen.
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