So, last night was an incredible night for our camp. God was definitely at work. The theme was Jesus as our Healer. This had the potential to be absolutely amazing. It was. God used our speaker Jason Mitchell in a very powerful way. There was a great drama of how God picks up the pieces of our life and puts them not only back together, but weaves our broken pieces into a beautiful stain glass window. In our group alone, I already know of several stories of healed relationships, healed hearts, and changed lives. The lines from an old hymn keep coming to mind, “To God be the glory for the great things that were done” last night!
Here is the breakdown… We started by looking at Genesis 1 how God took chaos and made something beautiful. God looked down over the water and made something that He said is good. God wants to take the chaos from our lives and make that into something good. From there we jumped to John chapter 5 were we see Jesus asking a very important question. It is a simple, yet profound question. “Do you want to be made well?” See, God isn’t the cosmic healer going around touching everyone just so that they are perfect. Jason had a great thought last night, it was something like this, “Why do you keep sitting in the same brokeness that you’ve been experiencing for so long.” When will you bring it to God? From there we jumped over and looked at the story found in Mark 2 where we find several guys doing anything they could to get their friend in front of Jesus so that he could be healed. What a stark contrast from what they had seen in John 5. These guys were willing to “claw and scratch” their way to be before Jesus because they believed in their heart that only He could heal their friend.
God has a still small voice that is asking each one of us, “Do you want to be healed?”
So, here’s a lesson for all of you who aren’t at Keswick with us this week. Let me ask you a question. Are you guilty of trying to heal yourself of anything? Or maybe let’s start with this question… Do you even want to be healed?
What do you need healing from?
What’s preventing you from being healed now?
To God Be the Glory,
~Peter
