"Then signifieth our blessed Lord thus in this teaching, that we should take heed to this: For since I have made well the most harm, then it is my will that thou know thereby that I shall make well all that is less."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 29)
Christ has already made well, amended, fixed and repaired, the worst harm - the sin sickness that has brought corruption and death to God's beloved human creation. Christ has already made that well! He 'became sin' for us and we 'became the righteousness of God." And He entered death and defeated it, taking us with Him into life forevermore. Now we are 'dead to sin' and 'alive to God' in Christ. This work is finished and the effects reverberate through all of creation, manifesting life and light and love in every nook and cranny! Christ is reigning on His throne and we are sitting in His lap reigning with Him over whatever remnant of sin, lies, corruption or death we see on this planet right now. And He will keep reigning till the eradication of sin and death is fully seen in this visible world! So whatever problem we have today, whatever we are going through, whatever struggle we face, we can know that if Christ already made well the 'worst harm,' He is surely bringing that wellness to every single thing in our lives. Nothing and noone is excluded or left out of His healing touch. Everything gets healed by resurrection life! It's like a tidal wave of love and vigor and newness that sweeps over everything for us. It's like an ever-bubbling fountain that keeps on flowing out from within us. It's His life and it has already conquered death forevermore, and nothing can stop that life from manifesting itself in our lives, in our community and in our world. Life is here and death is already dissolved, Light is here and the darkness is already erased, Love is here and loneliness is already defeated. Life has won, light has won, love has won, and it's inevitable that that victory will take over every single dark, loveless, lonely, defeated, dying place in this world and in our lives. Every single thing that is seen to be wrong right now will be overtaken by life and be all right! We are in life now, in beauty now, in freedom now, and there's nowhere to go but up!
"Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!"
Romans 5:18 (MSG)
"I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]."
John 10:10 (AMP)
A Prayer: Thank You for the power of Your indestructible, victorious, everlasting life that is working right now in me and my situations!