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Healer of Our Wounds

There was a time when my son Joshua came to me crying because he had a cut on his knee. Like any good father, I cleaned the wound and put a Band-Aid on it. Of course, he thought it required an ambulance and a team of paramedics to come to the rescue! While small cuts don’t need that kind of emergency response, serious wounds do—and this is especially true when it comes to our spiritual lives.

In John 16:33, Jesus told us plainly: “In this world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” The greatest tribulation, however, isn’t physical pain—it’s living disconnected from the Father who loves us deeply. He knows we carry wounds, so He sent His Son to deal with the deepest one: the spiritual bite of sin that entered through darkness.

Sin, introduced by our enemy in Genesis 3:1, brought with it suffering, separation, and spiritual death. The devil—described in Ephesians 2:2 as “the prince of the power of the air”—still works today in those who remain under his influence. If we allow it, he can gain footholds in our lives through pain, deception, and compromise—leading to bondage, brokenness, and even death.

From the beginning, Satan came as a thief into the Garden to plunder God's house—His relationship with man. But our Heavenly Father made a way to heal what was broken. Through Christ, we are not only restored, but called the children of the living God (Romans 9:26).

Everyone belongs to one of two spiritual households: darkness or light. Jesus said to the religious leaders in John 8:44, “You are of your father, the devil,” showing that even outward religion can hide a heart far from God. He also taught that wide is the road that leads to destruction, and narrow is the way that leads to life (Matthew 7:13-14). That narrow way is found in relationship with Him—not in rules, but in intimacy.

The enemy relentlessly works to blind us to four core truths that lead us into God's light and healing:

  1. Intimacy – He fears you falling so in love with God that it becomes your driving passion, not a checklist of do’s and don’ts.

  2. Relationship – That you walk with God daily, not merely doing things for Him.

  3. Purpose – That you discover your divine assignment and finish the race God set before you.

  4. Eternity – That you secure your eternal place with the Father, rather than be dragged to the destination prepared for Satan and his angels.

Satan wounds to distract and destroy. He uses pain, addiction, lust, anger, and trauma to make our minds and bodies his playground—using us at times to hurt others, too. But while the enemy causes cuts and bruises, we have a Healer.

Isaiah 53:5 reminds us:

“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”

Jesus bore our wounds so that we could be made whole. He’s not just the One who puts a bandage on our pain—He’s the One who restores us completely.