Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Proverbs - A Wounded Spirit

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
but a wounded spirit who can bear?

When someone is wounded deep within they are not always the easiest to be around.  This wounded of spirit is where the actual courage to go on and live has been deflated and all relationships become affected by the one wound.  Some of us have been there and some of us have known those in such a place.

We must guard our spirits when we are wounded so that we have the strength to make it through the healing process.  We need strength to bring our injured souls before the Word of God and be able to discern what sort of greater good the Lord is seeking to accomplish with us.  We cannot be women who cooperate with the wound allowing it to be infected and penetrate deeper than it has to.

Our spirit must stay in constant fellowship with our God who loves us and not allow the sins of others to contaminate our abiding place in the love that God has for us.  Their sin has no bearing on God’s love and favor towards us.  From the beginning the devil has sought to interrupt the fellowship man has with his God.  In the Garden of Eden, we see Satan so jealous of the ongoing fellowship man has with God that he deceives Eve and we find Adam and Eve hiding from God.  Our spirit will sustain our infirmity and our spirit must not be unnecessarily wounded and hidden from the mercies of our God.


Approach the Lord with your pain and don’t hide from Him.  Don’t allow the most certain wounds you will face to penetrate to this point.  We need to be before Him and in Him while we are wounded.  This will allow us to continue enjoying our relationships with God, our children, our husbands and others not matter what sort of wounding we have faced.  If our spirit gets wounded, we will be very difficult to be around.  Feed your spirit, fellowship with the Lord in your spirit and speak the truth to your inner man.  Our inner man is of great value to the Lord and as we are meek and gentle within, He will heal our wounds. 

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