Better Than I Know Myself

June 30, 2008

by Maria Simone

I’m one of those people who has always struggled with my weight. I’ve been on many diets, and succeeded many times, but still the weight comes back. Recently, God has been showing me that diets are not the answer, that I must understand why I sometimes eat when I’m not hungry. I racked my brain for about 2 weeks trying to figure out the answer to this question, and I got so frustrated that I said to the Lord, “I give up, please just heal me of whatever it is inside me that makes me do this, I certainly do not know!” The Lord then revealed to me that the source of my problem is lies that were spoken over me as a child, lies I was accepting as truth. He then reminded me of the Psalm 139:1, “Oh Lord you have searched me and you know me” I realized at that moment that I don’t even fully know myself, but that God knows me through and through, and He loves me anyway.

God is faithful to reveal the truth of what is in our hearts when we allow him to do so. He alone knows the deep things that we are not even consciously aware of. While these things may be painful or even shocking to us, they are no surprise to Him. And the truth is, these things must be exposed before God can heal us of them. Verse 23-24 of Psalm 139 goes on to say, “Search me oh God and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; See if there is any evil way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” When we take the time to sit with our loving Father, He gently uncovers our wounds, then bandages them for us. Isaiah 61:1 talks of how Jesus came to “bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners.” According to Strong’s Concordance, the Hebrew word for “bind up” is khaw-bash’, which means to “bandage or govern”. I love the term “govern”, because it says to me that God takes control or “governs” our wounds, so that our wounds will no longer govern us. The key to letting Jesus bind up our wounds is to be still in His presence, so that the Great Physician can apply His healing balm. It might hurt at first to face the things that are in our heart, but Jesus promises that the Truth will set us free!

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