Binding Our Wounds

Psalms 147:3 says, "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" (NIV). And in Job 5:18, "For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal" (NIV).

When your heart is broken, shattered in a thousand shards, God gathers all the broken pieces and makes you whole. When you have suffered from the loss of a loved one or a son or daughter who may have wondered far from home. God can heal the painful, seeping wound by lovingly bandaging it.

Wounds can be self-inflicted by sinful or foolish choices or wounds can be inflicted by others.

But if God wounds us? Hebrews 12:6 says the Lord chastens (scourges) those He loves. Why? So that we might know the depth of His love as a Father (verse 6), that we are His sons and daughters not illegitimate children (verse 8) and that we would partake in His holiness (verse 10). His wounding is to bring us to a place of revelation of His love and wholeness.

When God wounds us, it's to bring our unruly flesh to an end. Although we may still struggle, once wounded, we never forget and never want to wander from Him. How we have wounded Him time after time with our rebellion and disobedience!

And when He wounds, His hands always heal. God is not like some fathers who have abused and wounded their child by striking them in anger and frustration.

Remember the nailed scarred hands. Those same hands will bind our wounds, cuts and scrapes.