Feeling the Nudge

O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;
    if you save me, I will be truly saved.
    My praises are for you alone!

Jeremiah 17:14 

 

Have you ever needed to be saved from something?  I admit that I have made some really bad choices in my life that left me in a position where I REALLY needed to be saved....from myself.  I have done things in my life from which I needed to be healed, so I didn't do them again.  And guess what?  The more I prayed about it, God did save me and heal me by nudging me in the right direction a little at a time.  How else can you learn if you aren't allowed to endure the pain while you were being saved and healed?

 

When I was younger, I had the distinction of fall UP a tree and injuring my back.  Now aside from attempting to explain it to the hospital intake person who would have to explain it to my insurance company, the ER visit was none too pleasant.  Extremely painful, as a matter of fact.  But that was nothing compared to the recovery where every muscle in my back cramped every time I would try to move.  As painful as the recovery was with my body hating me every moment of every day, the day I was able to stand up and walk without pain.....was the MOST memorable day!  

 

When I was in the Army and we had to hump our fully loaded field packs uphill for miles upon miles was exhausting and draining.  Yet, when we got back to the barracks and were told to drop our rucks....the relief from that burden was INCREDIBLE!

 

God works with us in our lives to help us, heal us, and save us.  He uses our pain and burdens to nudge us in the right direction, and we know He has accomplished that goal in us when the pain and burden are finally lifted.  The key is keep talking with Him and listening.  God is patient and will keep nudging us to get us to the place He has planned for us.

 

Don't fear the nudging.  Don't hate the nudging.  Accept that it is part of God's way of saving us and healing us.