"I saw a marvellous compassion that our Lord hath in us for our woe, and a courteous promising of clear deliverance. For He willeth that we be comforted in the overpassing (exceeding joy).."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 64)
God has promised us clear deliverance of all our sorrow, troubles, pain, sickness, fear, struggle and anxiety. When we are in troubles and suffering, He wants us to be comforted in exceeding joy, knowing that we will experience that full joy and relief from all pain and suffering. We know that we will experience that joy and release in heaven, but what about now? Christ's promises aren't just for heaven. They are for here and now. Resurrection life is here, heaven is here with us, the kingdom of heaven is inside us, right now. The fullness of its manifestation will be later, but right now we can know that overcoming life, that surpassing joy, that healing from sorrow and sickness of mind and body. Christ healed all who came to Him with a need, and one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is healing. We can know that right now Christ is working His healing out in our lives, that right now the Spirit is life in and to us, that right now we are full of overcoming, resurrection life, full of wholeness and strength in Christ. Just as we are already in heaven with Christ in a real sense, heaven is already in us here on earth in a real sense, too. Christ stands in the midst of our fears, our loneliness, our sadness, our pain, our trauma, our fear, and our struggle as the healer who mends our wounds and has already overcome all trouble this world has to give. Christ will bring healing and wholeness and joy to flourish in our lives. Christ will do it, so we don't have to worry about trying to get Him to do it. Christ will do it, so we don't have to worry about doing it ourselves. Christ will do it, so we don't have to worry about it getting done. Christ will do it, so it is done! He fills us with His Spirit and makes us to walk in newness of life, causing us to always triumph in every situation. And we will see the full manifestation of that triumph, whether here or in heaven. But either way, we are more than conquerors through Him, reigning in life with Him right now! For He promises us a clear deliverance!
"He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle's!"
Psalm 103:3-5 (NLT)
"Now thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ.."
2 Corinthians 2:14 (MEV)
A Prayer: Thank You for Your promise of clear deliverance.