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THE GOD WHO WOUNDS
Source: The One Year: Worship the King by Chris Tiegreen


READ: Job 5:17-19; 6:1-4

Have you suffered wounds from God? We'd prefer never to know pain at His hands, but the Bible gives us no such promise. What we are promised is comforting, but much less relaxing than what we'd like to hear. We want a god who will always give us what we want and never give us hard lessons. We want to be conformed to the image of Jesus without the chisel that shapes us. But God's hand, though always good, isn't always easy. He takes us not only through joys and comfort, but also pain.
We could just ask our Living Lord. That sacred head once wounded has a testimony for us: Those who worship God yet live in the world will be traumatized by the contradictions between the two. Count on it. And it isn't just an unfortunate dynamic; the God we worship has ordained it. Whether for correction or for character, its' from Him.
Is that unsettling? Dont worry; His wounds are never deeper than they must be, and never beyond His ability to heal. In fact, He has promised to heal them But we must have them if He is to shape us. There's no way we can be like Jesus and yet wear no scars in this world.

The crucified Lord has a crucified church. It's the only path to resurrection.

No,  the christian life is by no means without pain. It cant be, not if it's real and if it exists in a hostile world. But neither is it without comfort and healing. Thats why we can worship a God who wounds as well as the God who restores. He knows what He is doing. HE IS PREPARING US FOR GLORY.

Claire: It is by no means a call for suffering, to look for suffering in your terms. In my reflection, it can shake you in two ways. First, if you are currently in a state of suffering, you can find peace and encouragement by the fact that it is God who instilled those wounds and is determined to heal them. He loves you and is with you throughout the journey. He will catch you when you fall.  The result is a wonderful, God molded character that in a thousand degrees outweighs the suffering. Second, I challenge you with this thought: Are we so comfortable with our current lives that there is no movement of the Holy Spirit at all? It is said that to worship God and live in this world there is a contradiction between the two. Do you feel the pull, the tug from both sides? Or maybe one side has won you over? 

 I pray that the Lord will put us in a constant restlessness until we drop everything at His feet. 

 TBBMD

Image source: http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/5136/editorial/thy-wounds-hide-me

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