Two Great Gifts of God – 1. Time to Heal 2. Space to Grow

Two great imperatives of faith are the two golden interests and gifts of God to us. 

Far from being a cruel taskmaster, God is most a creator, and this creator Lord wishes to design and engineer only that which would flourish within us.

Nothing like being a tyrant of onerous proportions, nothing at least like some human leaders would make God out to be, our God is an expansive Lord, ever abundant in divine desire for what we could gain for life, for the purposes of goodness, so long as we want the right thing the right way.

Of all things that God offers in this life, it is time to heal and space to grow; the first is made for recovery, and the second is made for reconciliation. We must have recovery before we can have the reconciliation. We must find our basis before we can establish our bearing. We must acknowledge the truth before we can acquire all that God wills for us. And none of this acquisition is anything about the material. So far as the east is to the west is the idea that in the spiritual is the true wealth of the Kingdom, whereas in the material are the fanciful riches of the world. Only in the spiritual is the true commonwealth—the only real wealth is a wealth shared and enjoyed communally.

Take Your Time to Heal – Be Diligent But Do Not Rush It

Healing is tantamount to a reconciliation that is just absolutely fundamental to life.

We were born to be healed, just as we can know that without this healing we are forever held back. God ordains this process, and there is always copious time within which to do the healing in. In the healing time, there is no other objective. So loving is God that in his economy it’s all that matters for such a time as it is.

Of course, we always feel it takes too long. We are verily impatient, and we want this healing work done pronto. But God doesn’t work the miracle of healing in a way that we wouldn’t benefit. No, the benefit is in having been faithful to God, having bided our time and having obeyed his will, having shown much humility, and having learned our lessons over and over and over again, so they stay learned. The benefit gleaned is in the depths our healing has been taken to.

We should never be in a rush to be healed, just as we should never accept the lie that we are completely healed. There is always more healing to be done, but once we reach base level, we’re being readied to grow.

Enjoy the Opening Expanses of Space to Grow

Once we have healed or have embarked so sufficiently on that process as to know that it works, being confident that he who is faithful does finish the work in us, we embark on a purposeful pursuit we can never backslide from.

This is exactly why healing is so crucial as a platform to growth.

Having made significant ground in terms of healing we have borne full witness to the power of God in our own lives to resurrect us from spiritual death.

Having been healed, there is then no impediment to growth. And God does desire to grow us, particularly in pursuits that are worthy of the calling of our hearts to something magnanimous that only God can do through us. This love that God puts in our hearts is an irrepressible force for good, and having been healed, nothing can disturb or besmirch this newfound commitment to love God back.

At this, God opens space for us to grow, and as we grow more space is opened, such is the nature of blessedness within the multiplicity of God. Indeed, as we grow, we find the world expands, and our minds and hearts literally swell with love. We fall in love with this space that God gives and continues to open up.

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Now, this is where the rubber of healing and growth hits the road.

Life is long and hard, and before long we’re tempted to rescind; to give up loving those we’ve loved where our love is unrequited. At this moment, our growth stops if we go back to our old ways.

But the moment we ponder stagnating is the moment we see that the blessings we’ve sown until now have been wisdom and it is only wise, despite receiving no reward from those with no love to offer, to continue to love those who revile us in some way.

There is always some point at which we must choose God over the ambivalence and indifference of others. The key test of our healing and growth, therefore, is how committedly and purposefully we continue to love others who bear no gifts of love in return.

The ultimate sign of healing and growth is being a blessing for the glory of God with no thought spared for what we’re not getting. Nothing more, and certainly nothing less.