".....for I am the Lord who heals you." Exodus 15:26
Pastor and author Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion worship gatherings, tells the story of his dark night of the soul, a "night" that went on for many months.
He said there came a time to him when he was consumed with fears for his health, ministry and life. Times that would come at the same hour of the early morning.....2 am. He said he would awake and feel a dark heaviness upon his heart and spirit. To such a degree that he believed he was having a literal heart attack. Doctors could find nothing wrong with him physically, yet those 2 am happenings continued for him, not lessening but increasing. He was incapacitated by it and very close to total despair. This went on until one night he awoke, and the same spiritual heaviness, fear and hopelessness came, when all of a sudden, into his mind came the lyrics from a Chris Tomlin song;
He said there came a time to him when he was consumed with fears for his health, ministry and life. Times that would come at the same hour of the early morning.....2 am. He said he would awake and feel a dark heaviness upon his heart and spirit. To such a degree that he believed he was having a literal heart attack. Doctors could find nothing wrong with him physically, yet those 2 am happenings continued for him, not lessening but increasing. He was incapacitated by it and very close to total despair. This went on until one night he awoke, and the same spiritual heaviness, fear and hopelessness came, when all of a sudden, into his mind came the lyrics from a Chris Tomlin song;
Be still, there is a Healer
His love is deeper than the sea
His mercy, it is unfailing
His arms a fortress for the weak
He said those lyrics, repeated over and over in his mind, pushed back the darkness, and though he was to suffer these spiritual assaults again the next night, these words, this truth, came to his mind as well. Each time the fear, despair and heaviness was pushed back, and with every pushing back, the frequency of the attacks decreased. The truth that in the stillness there truly is a Healer, overcame the power of the enemy's lie that he was helpless against his assaults. In the stillness he found anew the rest, peace, and power of God. In answer to all the might of hell and darkness was found the truth that the Father was, is, and will always be, the God who heals. The God who heals us. Who heals you and me.
As I think today on all that could possibly come against you and I, all that we in ourselves are powerless to stand against, these four words ring out in my heart, "Be still....there is." This is the answer to all things. To every threat, every need, every enemy. Be still, in Him.
There is....a mighty, infinitely great an unlimited Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who stands with and in us, and comes against all the power of the dark night....and crushes it. In the dark time of our soul, we too need to hear His Spirit whisper to ours, "Be still.....there is.....Me....the great I AM."
If we will know this, believe it, it will then become our experience and reality. The dark nights will come. We will not be immune to them, but we will be victors over them no matter what form they may come against us in. In all of them, we can be still, because THERE IS.....GOD!
Blessings,
Pastor O
As I think today on all that could possibly come against you and I, all that we in ourselves are powerless to stand against, these four words ring out in my heart, "Be still....there is." This is the answer to all things. To every threat, every need, every enemy. Be still, in Him.
There is....a mighty, infinitely great an unlimited Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who stands with and in us, and comes against all the power of the dark night....and crushes it. In the dark time of our soul, we too need to hear His Spirit whisper to ours, "Be still.....there is.....Me....the great I AM."
If we will know this, believe it, it will then become our experience and reality. The dark nights will come. We will not be immune to them, but we will be victors over them no matter what form they may come against us in. In all of them, we can be still, because THERE IS.....GOD!
Blessings,
Pastor O
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