“He heals the
brokenhearted
and binds up
their wounds
[curing their
pains and their
sorrows].” Psalm
147:3 AMP
Anyone can be
used by Jesus to
be “Jesus in the
skin” to someone
else, let Him
use you today.
Let Him use your
former pain and
shame to
minister to
others. Help Him
set the captives
free.
“The Spirit of
the Lord God is
upon Me, because
the Lord has
anointed Me to
preach good
tidings to the
poor; He has
sent me to heal
the
brokenhearted,
to proclaim
liberty to the
captives, and
the opening of
the prison to
those who are
bound” Isaiah
61:1 NKJV
“Instead of your
[former] shame
you shall have a
twofold
recompense...”
Isaiah 61:7a AMP
“who comforts us
in all our
affliction, so
that we may be
able to comfort
those who are in
any affliction,
with the comfort
with which we
ourselves are
comforted by
God.” II
Corinthians 1:4
RSV
(Continued in my
next article
“The Battle
Belongs to the
Lord”)
September 19,
2001
(Please see my
article “He
Touched Me” for
part one.)
One Sunday my
Pastor’s sermon
was called
“Freeze Tag”.
When you were a
kid, did you
ever play the
game freeze tag?
It’s just like
playing tag, one
person is “it”
and runs around,
trying to tag
the others, the
only difference
is once you are
tagged, you must
freeze in that
position. You
remain that way
until one of the
other people
that aren’t “it”
come and touch
you and unfreeze
you, then you
are free to run
around again.
Well my life
related to this
game of freeze
tag, as I’m sure
many other’s do.
At a point in my
life I was
touched and
frozen. The part
of me that was
frozen didn’t
grow up and also
didn’t want to
feel because of
the pain I was
trying to avoid.
I needed to find
ways to numb my
feelings. People
get frozen for
different
reasons, either
for one reason
or for a
combination of
reasons. I think
mine was a
combination. I
had really low
self-esteem and
self worth; I
had what I call
a “soil of
shame” and a
“root of
rejection”.
These were
brought into my
life for various
reasons.
“...For you
shall forget the
shame of your
youth...” Isaiah
54:4
When
I heard the
sermon Freeze
Tag something
happened inside
of me. Monday, I
decided to quit
smoking pot, I
was going to
call my Pastor
and speak with
him about the
sermon and
realized Monday
was his day off.
I didn’t call
him that day and
I didn’t quit
drugs, but I did
only smoke one
joint (instead
of the usual
8!). Tuesday
came and I got
up my nerve and
called my
Pastor. He was
so gracious! I
poured it all
out, I told him
all the things I
was ashamed of
and how helpless
I was to stop on
my own. I just
wanted to live
for
Jesus-completely!
He talked to me
about my
concerns of
quitting and
starting a new
life, he prayed
with me and that
was the day I
quit!
“Confess to one
another
therefore your
faults (your
slips, your
false steps,
your offenses,
your sins) and
pray [also] for
one another,
that you may be
healed and
restored [to a
spiritual tone
of mind and
heart]. The
earnest
(heartfelt,
continued)
prayer of a
righteous man
makes tremendous
power available
[dynamic in its
working].” James
5:16 AMP
Once you’re
frozen in life,
you need a touch
to get
defrosted just
like in the
game. The
difference being
in the game
anyone other
than the person
that is “it” can
touch you, but
in life, it has
to be Jesus. He
comes and
touches that
frozen part of
you and you’re
defrosted. That
part of you is
now allowed to
grow and to
feel. It’s a
difficult
process. Even if
you are
supernaturally
delivered like I
was from the
addictive
substance, there
are still a lot
of things you
have to do in
the aftermath of
it. For me, the
part that was
frozen was my
emotions; I
truly didn’t
know how to
feel, or what I
was feeling.
Making decisions
was hard; I
didn’t know what
my opinions
were. I cried
very easily
because my
emotions were
right on the
surface. I
wasn’t used to
feeling, so when
I did feel it
was really
intense.
“Now Jesus was
teaching in one
of the
synagogues on
the Sabbath. And
there was a
woman there who
for eighteen
years had had an
infirmity caused
by a spirit (a
demon of
sickness). She
was bent
completely
forward and
utterly unable
to straighten
herself up or to
look upward. And
when Jesus saw
her, He called
(her to Him) and
said to her,
Woman, you are
released from
your infirmity!
Then He laid
(His) hands on
her and
instantly she
was made
straight, and
she recognized
and thanked and
praised God.”
Luke 13:10-13
AMP
This sums up how
Jesus touched
me. I was frozen
in life always
looking down,
unable to look
up because the
things of the
world held me in
bondage. Jesus
touched me and I
wasn’t frozen
any more, I
could look up
and see Jesus,
look Him right
in the eye and
know that He
loved me, He
healed me from
my infirmity!