Scabs

So I was doing my devo the other day and I really liked it.
So I'm posting it... (not literally word for word cause that's copyright. So imma spice it up a bit)


Attend to YOUR Scabs
Luke 4:23 NASB "Physician heal yourself"

Did you know that in Old Testament times priests could not serve in the temple if he had a wound? I'm talking about scabs and bleeding sores [Levitucus 21:20].

Weird huh? Seriously? Are we talking like blood gushing wounds after being attacked by a freak squirrel? Or a skinned knee, paper cut, bruises, blisters...etc? ANYTHING! Why? Cause when you have a Scab, you're not your best.

You're afraid to get close to other people because you're scared that they are going to bump into you, knocking off your band-aid (protective cover).
You're not fully attentive to everything cause your pain is draining you.

Scabs are ugly, and you don't want to talk about, or let anyone see your scab cause you're afraid someone is going to reject you, or even pick at.


So, this is what you do:
You hide it.
You wear a mask-
         You end up living a double life which causes you to become insecure
           and controlling.
You hide your "scab"-
         so you can act like everything is peachy....
            While on the inside you know your "scab" is sucking all your               attention and making you paranoid about it.


The most deceitful thing about your "scab" is that you're so tied up helping others and working for God that you don't think that you have the time to stop and take care of yourself.
So in the mean time all you do is cover it up.
Everyone knows that a scab that isn't taken care of will crack open and bleed.
PHYSICIAN HEAL YOURSELF!

This doesn't mean that people with "issues" can't do things for the Kingdom. Someone has to be broken before they know how to fix the situation. Other people might think they know how to, but unless you've lived through it, no one fully understands the hold your "scab" has on you.

First, you need to take time to be healed.
Jesus said that when the blind lead the blind they both fall into a pit [Matthew 15:14]. It's not easy to talk about overcoming when you're living in defeat yourself. It's not easy giving emotional healing to others when you're still battling unsettled issues of your own past. When you're still dealing with your own "scab" it's harder for you to give comfort, and to help others conquer their problems with the same kind of intensity and faith as if you had already worked through the problem.[2Corinthians 1:4].


Is it wrong to have a wounded heart? No. However, it is wrong not to deal with it.

Spend some time with God. Ask him to heal your scabs.

And remember, the more we walk through, the more we are able to help others walk through the same situations. We're never alone. And we go through things for a reason.
You can't take someone somewhere you've never been.




my devo is "the word for today" and its like 2008 edition. ah hah idk why?