God Is With Us in Healing

The psalmist says God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Notice the order — He heals the brokenhearted first. Before He touches the body, He touches the heart. So much of our pain is not just physical. It is the grief of what we have lost. It is the disappointment of prayers that felt unanswered. It is the loneliness of suffering alone. God starts with the heart because that is where the deepest healing needs to begin. He does not rush past your emotions to get to the fix. He sits with you in the brokenness first.

Isaiah writes about the suffering servant centuries before Jesus walked the earth: 'He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.' This is the foundation of all healing. Jesus did not just heal from a distance. He entered into our suffering. He took the wounds. He carried the pain. And because He was wounded, we can be healed. Not always instantly. Not always the way we expect. But His wounds are the source of every healing we will ever receive.

God tells Israel: 'I am the Lord who heals you.' This is His name — Jehovah Rapha. The God who heals. But Israel was still in the wilderness. They still had struggles ahead. Healing does not always mean immediate relief. Sometimes healing is the strength to take another step. Sometimes healing is the peace that passes understanding in the middle of the pain. The God who heals you is with you in the process. He is not waiting until you are healed to show up. He is with you right now, in the middle of it, working healing that goes deeper than you can see.