The meal that heals ( PDFDrive )

friend. Some live with a spirit of rejection, trapped in a zone of inferiority. The
good news is that Christ’s redemptive work included emotional and mental
healing. Isaiah tells us:
1. He was despised and rejected of man (Isaiah 53:3).
2. He was a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3).
3. He was oppressed and afflicted (Isaiah 53:7).
4. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him (Isaiah 53:5).
Christ was rejected and oppressed. Imagine being conceived of the Holy
Spirit, having an angel call you the Son of God, and people in your hometown
calling you the son of Joseph (John 6:42). When Christ was tempted by the devil
for forty days, Satan challenged Him by saying, “If you are the Son of God, then
prove it” (Matthew 4:3-6). During Christ’s final hours, as every fiber of His
body throbbed in pain, unbelieving men huddled below the cross, mocking
Christ as His redemptive blood dripped from His bruised and beaten flesh.
Despite this harassment, Christ was willing to forgive those who instigated His
death (Luke 23:34).
Christians who walk in rejection and dwell in their past, not forgiving those
who have erred against them, will be emotionally weak against any attack of the
adversary. Often they go from one prayer line to another, one personal prophecy
to another, seeking the ultimate will of God or personal affirmation to lift their
spirits. Yet, in a short time, they have settled back into a condition of depression
and oppression. I have seen individuals place the blame for their emotional roller
coaster on others who have hurt them, never realizing they have never allowed
Christ to release the people they are holding captive in their mental prison.
Some emotionally weak Christians cannot build a relationship without it
ending in a conflict. In some instances, they are manifesting an inward struggle,
birthed from past pain and fed by continual clashes with others. I have met
believers who know that God has forgiven them of their sins, but they have
difficulty forgiving themselves. The greatest danger is that continual
unforgiveness in your heart can open the door to allow a tormenting spirit to
operate in your mind (Matthew 18:34-3 5).
Jesus provided forgiveness for your sins, but you must appropriate the
finished work of Christ by utilizing the A, B, C’s of faith: asking in prayer,
believing in your heart, and confessing the Scriptures. Christ has provided for
your physical well being, but you must believe and respond to the healing
promises. Likewise, Christ, our suffering
Messiah, also made a provision for your emotional healing, but as long as
you are not willing to forgive others, you lock the door of God’s blessings on
your life.