Life style of Healing (4)

4 Keys to Healing

Luke 6:37–38 ESV

37 “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Learning these four keys is crucial to your healing.

Key 1: Judge Not

We all know what it means to judge.

Judge=Decide

One of the biggest reasons we get hurt is because we assume we know why people hurt us.

hurt people hurt people. Although being hurt will never justify why someone hurt you we need to understand that people damage us from a damaged place. We cannot assume we know why someone was mean, offensive, rude, or uncaring.

I don’t know why my mother chose what she chose, I don’t know why people close to me said those hurtful things and honest I don’t know if it would hurt less even if I did but often times I know it hurts more when I make up reasons for people’s rudeness.

Simply put we cannot judge because we simply do not have enough information.

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV

5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

One of the biggest keys to letting go is letting go of the need for reasons and answers. Eventually all hidden things will come to light and then God will judge them. Judgement is coming, but it cannot come from us.

Key 2: Condemn Not

What’s another word for People Condemning People:

Revenge

Passing Judgement is making a decision of someone’s guilt Then condemning is assigning punishment.

Deuteronomy 32:35 (ESV)

35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’

There is nothing we can do to people that will heal our wounds. and our punishment we give is usually more painful for us, because it’s never enough, than it is for the person we are judging.

One of my favorite prayers: God you deal with them because I can’t any longer. Letting go of that burden will provide more relief than you realize. Block that person. Walk away from that person, but let God condemn that person.

Key 3: Forgive

Matthew 6:14 ESV

14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Listen: This is in the bible. Your lack of TRUE forgiveness for people will dry up God’s forgiveness for you.

I will forgive you of anything. Kick my dog forgiven. Steal my truck forgiven. Listen. I have gotten to a place and trust me it wasn’t easy, but forgiveness comes easily for me. Why?

Because many Christians have the wrong definition of what forgiveness is.

Forgiveness is letting go of the right to hurt due to an offense. It’s deciding to heal instead of fester.

You do something hurtful. Our relationship may change. I may put distance between us. But

I am not giving you space in my head and a continued button to cause pain

Key 4: Give

This isn’t necissarly about finances.

2 Corinthians 9:6–8 ESV

6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

The whole point of this directive is God didn’t define the word give. He doesn’t define it in 2 Corinthians 9. He simply says give and it will be given to you. Give what: Anything.

Give hate you will be given hate.

Give kindness God will give you kindness.

the word give here is neutral. It can literally be replaced with anything but the scale must be balanced.

What you give God will give to you.

Not just in measure.But

Good measure, Pressed down, Shaken together, running over—it will be put in your lap. Meaning it will be yours to deal with.

By letting go of the pain that is holding you back it frees you up to recieve the blessings God has to give you. We need to stop reaping negative, but in order to reap positive we must sow the positive things Jesus commands us to sow.