The searing pain of a blow to the heart can cause you to question yourself. You may feel that you are holding your wounds too closely, or that you are brandishing and cherishing the ways in which you have been hurt. You may even allow yourself to be convinced that you are somehow to blame for the degree of pain that you have experienced. The Lord disagrees with this assessment! You were in distress. He has been your Savior. The fact of your injury is real, but the Lord has delivered you out of this distress. Now you are angry that you ever were in distress at all! What more do you want your Heavenly Father to do for you? He has delivered you.
You desire vindication and independence. Having suffered previously, you seek to protect yourself against further pain. God allowed suffering in the past and you did not understand why. Not understanding, you fear that you will have to suffer again. This perspective of fear blended with a desire for vindication is the disease that causes the servant who becomes the mistress of the house to be a menace to herself and to others (Proverbs 30:21-23). The cure is to allow God to change your perspective. Were you a slave? Or were you royalty in slave’s clothing? Were you enslaved by others? Or did you choose to bow to God’s will and His way in faith believing, as an undercover agent assumes an identity for the sake of the mission? Choose your perspective.
The Lord is your Vindicator. A day will soon come when those who have caused you pain will fall at your feet and acknowledge that you have been loved and that you have been chosen. You are now and always have been a child in the Father’s house. Walk with confidence. View yourself as the precious and chosen child of the King that you are. This perspective will enable you to respond with the generosity of God’s mercy to those who will one day serve you.
Scripture: I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Rev. 3:9 NIV
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