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“It’s much easier for us to post and hashtag about being wounded than it is to take the risk of being healed.”

A thought by Christine Caine from her book, Unexpected: Leave Fear Behind, Move Forward in Faith, Embrace the Adventure (p. 197). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

It is so much easier for us to complain than it is to step out.

You may remember the story of the invalid who lay by a pool and of Jesus asking him if he wanted to be healed.  And, the man came up with reasons why he wasn’t healed.  Is that true of us?

Christine says, “All that man had ever known was his infirmity. His pain and place of limitation were his comfort zone. Instead of saying an enthusiastic yes, he placed blame on others for his plight, and held onto his condition.

“It’s incredible, isn’t it? But the truth is, we’ve all been there. We’ve all done that. We’ve clutched the reasons why we can’t fulfill our purpose. We’ve held onto our anger or disappointment, unforgiveness or offense, bitterness or rejection, addiction or greed.

“We’ve all found ways to adapt to our brokenness instead of risking the responsibilities of wholeness. It’s much easier for us to post and hashtag about being wounded than it is to take the risk of being healed.”

 She goes on, “How many times have we stayed right where we were and blamed someone or something else for our misery? Our spouse or children? Our coworker or boss? How many times have we believed that being stuck wasn’t our fault, and all the while, God was showing us the way out?”

She later says, “He wants to help us get to the place where—in every area of our lives and hearts—we come to realize what God has done for us is bigger than what others have done to us. Where what God has said about us is greater than what others have said about us or to us. Do you want to be healed? is a question that Jesus asks over and over again throughout our lives, and he always wants our answer to be, Yes!” 

 Maybe we need to get out of blaming and into asking and thanking and depending.  He is here ready to deliver us and to heal us.  Will you let him?

Yes, yes!
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