Pain

22 March 2012                                             


Psalm 69:29 But I am poor and in pain; O God, Your salvation shall set me on high.

Pain is pain, each of us own our own pain. We listen to others and their stories of pain, and we sympathise with them, but until we have experienced similar pain it remains sympathy. This remains true despite the nature of the pain. Pain tends to deaden our thought processes and so the more this happens the more we are controlled by the pain.

Jesus came to set us free and especially free from pain, the pain He suffered on the Cross was excruciating and unbearable, and He bore it for us. This is hard to comprehend when we are struggling with crippling pain. God has provided us with gifted doctors, knowledgeable pharmacists, gentle nurses to cope with physical pain; He has also given us understanding Pastors to help with our emotional pain, Holy Spirit driven preachers to help us with our spiritual pain. Yet it is we that need to go to the Fountain to drink, we cannot complain of thirst while watching the fountain flow.

Be encouraged not to allow the pain in your life control your tomorrows.

David

Point to ponder: Do not be controlled by pain.





Question to consider: Do you allow the pain to control you?