Beckett explores how believers experience deep wounds and suffering in this present life, yet find ultimate hope through Christ's redemptive work. Drawing on passages like Psalm 30:5, Lamentations 3:22-23, Isaiah 42:3, and Luke 4:18, she argues that while afflictions may be continuous in "this vale of tears," God uses these trials for sanctification and conformity to Christ, promising that joy will ultimately come at resurrection when believers are perfected and freed from sin. True healing of wounded hearts comes not through time or human effort but exclusively through Christ's grace and the transformative power of the Gospel, enabling believers to maintain peace in their souls despite present suffering.
What does the Bible say about healing the brokenhearted?
The Bible teaches that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted, as stated in Luke 4:18.
The continual struggles and afflictions we face in life can leave us feeling bruised; however, the assurance of God’s mercies—new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23)—reminds us that healing is found in Him. Ultimately, through Christ, God binds up the wounds of our hearts and restores us to wholeness, highlighting that true healing comes not from our efforts but through His grace and love, as indicated in 2 Corinthians 12:9 where His grace is described as sufficient for us.
Why is hope important for Christians?
Hope is crucial for Christians as it anchors our faith and assures us of God's promises in the face of suffering.
Moreover, the healing of our wounds and the sanctifying work God does in our lives through these trials guide us to rely more profoundly on Him. Despite the deep wounds we may carry, these experiences are used by God to conform us to His image and lead us closer to Him. The anticipation of eternal joy, especially the joyous resurrection morning where we will be free from sin and suffering, assures us that our present sufferings are not in vain, affirming the importance of hope for believers.
How do we know God's promises are true?
We know God's promises are true through His faithfulness demonstrated in scripture and our experiences as believers.
Furthermore, our personal experiences in walking with God reaffirm His promises. The testimonies of healing, comfort in suffering, and transformation through trials confirm that He is indeed true to His Word. As we reflect on the ways He has worked in our lives, we find assurance that His Word will stand. His compassion and mercy, as revealed in Lamentations 3:22-23, serve as a testament to His character, establishing trust in His promises that they will surely come to pass.
“For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” –Psalm 30:5
So often we think of this verse as just a day, perhaps a day of trial or a day of chastening and afflictions in whatever form the Lord sends to us. Although this is certainly true after a night of weeping, for it is then that we have cause for joy and thankfulness in the morning, knowing that His compassions never fail us and His mercies are new every morning (Lam 3: 22 & 23), I also have to conclude that the weeping is continual in this vale of tears, the weeping over sin against our Holy God, our own sin and the sin of others and the misery it causes us while we are here. The verse, however, gives us hope, the hope that once this life is over our joy will come, it will come on resurrection morn when the dead in Christ shall rise first unto perfection for we shall be like Him. There will be no night of weeping, when we shall forevermore be through with sin and the misery of it and shall live in perfect bliss with our Creator. A great day awaits us!
In some ways we are wounded daily with light afflictions that we must endure, but some of our wounds pierce to the very deepest depth of our soul. It is the wound that seemingly crushes us and we wonder how we will survive this again as we feel fragile and breakable and yet the scripture tells us that the Lord will not break a bruised reed. (Isaiah 42:3) nor will He call us to suffering beyond what strength He gives us, so healing comes, not with time or with man, but in the Lord only for He alone can bind up a wounded heart, His Grace is sufficient!
Sometimes those deep wounds are lifelong and they seem to afflict us time and again into our adult life but we must always remember that the Lord uses those wounds to bring us, to call us, to sanctify us, to conform us and each and every one in exact detail works for our good, if we are His, for we are the called according to His purpose and the Lord does not lie.
Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised” - Luke 4:18
Our healing comes not in what we do but in Christ and what He has already done, for He has preached to us His Gospel of Grace, He has healed the brokenhearted by giving us a new heart of flesh, a heart that knows Him, that loves Him because he first loved us and desires to please Him, a heart that forgives because it has been forgiven, a heart that desires to be longsuffering just as He is. He has given us eyes to see, ears to hear Him as the Good Shepherd and has set us free. We truly are poor wayfaring strangers traveling below amidst sin, toil and danger and as we walk this path headed for Jordan, we, as His own dear children, are the only ones who can truly say... ‘it is well with my soul’.
“Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee” – Psalm 63:3
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