In The Pit

For as long as I have been alive, I have been afraid of death. Where does death come from? The Pit. Whenever I read, there is usually one word that God really introduces to me in some way. I was reading a couple of weeks ago and saw the word "Pit." Then, being at Passion 2010 this weekend, there was this huge white sheet that said "Glorious" on it with a bunch of people already wrote on it saying different sayings. As I ran across one of them, I saw "God, You saved me from the Pit!" Then, today, I was reading out of Matthew 4, where it talked about Jesus preaching and then people started to hear of the miracles that were happening, so they brought the sick and the hurt to Him. I ran across a verse in my devotional in Psalms. It was Psalm 107:20. "He sent His Word and healed them; He received them from the Pit." The definition of a pit is "a large hole in the ground, an area reserved or enclosed for a specific activity, or a low or wretched psychological state." Now, I'm know we have all been in the Pit more than once, whether it be with emotionally, physically, or spiritually. Being at Passion 2010 this weekend, God did amazing things and is still doing amazing things. One night, not being in the right mood that I should of been, God woke me up. As God answered my prayer and "broke my heart what breaks His", I began to feel something inside of me that I've been holding onto for a long time, just being lifted off of my shoulders. I can't tell you how awesome the feeling was. It was first a vision, then it was healing. In my vision, I began to see people all around me standing in front of me trying to distract me. I began to push them all out of the way, one by one. Whenever I got to the last person, the Heavens opened up, and I saw nothing but blue skies everywhere and a tall, white, vertical object in front of me. It was Jesus and His glory. He leaned down to me and said, "See, that's all you had to do." Those simple words broke me. As I began to ball my outs of before the Lord, it was finally over. All the hurt. All the pain. All the anguish. And all the misery. All it takes is you wanting to be healed, taking it to the Lord, and you will be healed. There is no question about it. The thing with me was, I was holding onto a certain something I would go to in order to find that temporary happiness and not joy. Happiness is temporary, but joy is eternal. The joy of the Lord fell upon me like a rock. From Psalm 107:20, that leads to Malachi 4:2, "But for you who feat My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall."

First there was me being in the Pit, with a lot of hurt and pain, then there was me wanting to be healed, then there was God's healing hand, which led to freedom. Freedom is a sweet thing once you experience. Once you experience God's freedom, you will never want to go back. God's Word's nature is to heal. God is the ultimate Panpharmacon. A Panpharmacon is a medicine for all diseases. Have you ever experienced Jesus' healing just like the ones that took place all over the New Testament? Have you ever wanted to be healed? I sure hope you want to. Ask, pray, and receive God's healing power today. You will jump in the streets just as David did and not care about who saw him and you will playfully jump like calves being released from the stall. God's Word is true. God is faithful, just, and never changing. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Think it, live it, pray it. Be changed and be different. God calls us to live differently than the world. The only source of strength and life we have is in Jesus Christ. Dance like you've never danced before and sing like you've never sung before. Give it all to the Lord and you will see healing being placed in your heart.

In Him,

Stewart