Recovery Day 5

Everything that God will do for you on earth will have to work through your mind. It is in your physical mind that you must first grasp [take hold and receive] the things that God has released to you in the spirit realm. And you need a sound mind to maintain everything you have received from God. Many people lose grounds physically and spiritually because their minds have been attacked either by fear, or depression or some form of illness of the mind and they did not know how to deal with it. I pray that God will give you divine health in your mind. 

I discovered over the years that a lot of attention is paid to physical illness and physical health. The Church ministers a lot to spiritual illness and to spiritual health. But tends to give little attention to mental illness and mental health. However, Jesus has come to give us full recovery of the spirit, soul, and body. Jesus did not only address the spiritual and the physical. He also addressed mental and psychological issues, issues that had to with the soul. Matthew 11: 28-30 (RSV) “COME to Me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. TAKE My yoke upon you, and LEARN from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will FIND rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

The phrase, “weary and are carrying heavy burdens, is an apt description of where a lot of people are in their lives right now. Jesus shows us the path to mental health in this passage of Scripture. He says the way to mental health is to Come to Him, Take His yoke, Learn of Him, and then Find rest. Come, Take, Learn and you will Find rest. Jesus is extending an invitation to the weary, to those that are under pressure, and to everyone carrying a heavy burden. And He promises to give you rest for your soul.

Thought: What would you tag the No.1 stressor on your stress list?

Prayer [hymn]: …O what peace we often forfeit, o what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer!