For many of us, there have been some experiences we’ve gone through in this life that has truly knocked us down. When these things occur, there are no words or anything we ourselves can truly do to fix the loss, pain, shock or trauma that has leveled us…some of us have never gotten over those pains but continue to live to the best of our ability and carry those scars with us…I am one of them.
For the first time, as I search the roots of my own heart and as God reveals to me what’s going on with me, He’s speaking to me about comfort and the lack thereof. God is saying to me and He’s also saying to His people, “In your heartache and pain, You have yet learned how to be comforted by Me…Those things that have happened to you…in your effort to cope and deal…You have yet learned how to be comforted…therefore…you self-sooth your pain…but its time to stop running and RISE UP!…I have a purpose for you…pick up your mat…come to Me that I may truly heal and comfort all of your afflictions. RISE!”
The truth is, not one person on this earth is exempt from the need for comfort. If we ever experienced any pain in this life, whether big or small, we are in need of comfort. Sure, when we go through as human beings, yes, people rallying around us and being a comfort is beautiful and necessary, but God’s comfort soothes, heals and gives a peace and consolation that the world could never give.
This comfort doesn’t just happen naturally…it has to be sought out…we have to pursue our own comfort from God…life doesn’t afford us the opportunity to sit and let God deal with us…so we have to go to Him in the quietness of our souls and LET HIM deal where we’re hurting.
Any pain we feel: betrayal, loss, violation, death, harsh words, rejection, guilt, shame, disappointments, anything that causes us pain, hurt or sorrow, no matter what it is, our heart needs a level of comfort and consolation.
In my prayer time, God spoke to me about my own lack of comfort which is connected to my obesity. I’ve been spending a lifetime of grieving over family that I’ve lost from the time I was 5-6 years old until my adulthood. I can count on 3 hands the amount of family I’ve lost and the void, emptiness and sadness that it has left in my soul.
I’ve lost significant people in my life starting at age 5…and those losses have crushed and leveled me to the ground ALL MY LIFE…and with each death, there was a new level, a new shattering and severing of my soul…and I didn’t only lose loved ones through death, but lost meaningful relationships as a result of those deaths…How do you cope…? How does a child cope with death and loss none the less an adult…?
I’ve learned how to create a new norm of how to go on…I’ve learned how to manage and find my peace either in random things I do, in people and in God…I’ve learned how to tuck some feelings away and hid those things that were too much for me to bear…of course, I prayed and I thought I allowed God to deal with my grief…but there were things I didn’t let Him touch and I never knew I wasn’t letting Him touch it…
The Pain I’ve Haven’t Dealt With In My Past Has Crippled Me As A Child and Now As An Adult…God Say’s It’s Time…Rise and Be Courageous In Me…Let Me Comfort You and TRULY Heal Your Affliction!
He’s Saying This To You TOO!
The things that I’m sharing with you today I’ve been delaying for quite some time and every time I would go to write and share, pain and grief would rise up within me and I’d shrink back. I’ve been praying to God for courage to face my pain so I can move forward.
Last night in prayer, the presence of God fell on me and I knew by faith, He took some things from me…but also gave me some things in it’s place. For the first time, right in the middle of my devotion today, I felt lead to write…jumped on my computer began to type and tell my story…this time…I did it without pain and sorrow…TGBTG!
The ironic thing about the timing of all of this…that miracle fell two days prior to my father’s birthday, February 23. Today, I celebrate his life and his glorious position in Jesus. Today, I receive the Lord’s comfort and lean on His Word as I remember my father,
Samuel “Pete” Patterson.
Revelation 7:9-17(NLT)
9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. 10 And they were shouting with a great roar,
“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne
and from the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. 12 They sang,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen….”
13 Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? …They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.
15 “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne
and serve him day and night in his Temple.
And he who sits on the throne
will give them shelter.
16 They will never again be hungry or thirsty;
they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun.
17 For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water.
And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
Only God can comfort you where you’re broken. He is no respecter of persons, as I prayed for courage to face my pain to pursue my comfort, he’ll do the same for you too. If there is something you are not facing, pray for courage, sit at His feet, be in His presence and let him give you what’s needed to move forward…You too will find the courage you need to go forward towards your own deliverance.
I will leave you with this scripture:
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John 5: (NKJV)
…1 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda…3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
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Join me as I continue to share my story and what God is saying to ALL OF US….Stay connected to B.O.O.M! and let’s continue to become free together.
Here by Kari Jobe
In His Name,
Ke’Shawn Adamson
B.O.O.M!
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