In Isaiah 61 we find a prophecy for the Lord Jesus. Starting from verse 1
we read:
Isaiah 61:1-3
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has
anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, to console
those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be
glorified."
This prophecy refers to Jesus Christ who in fact read it many years later
in the synagogue of His country. These are some of the things that Jesus came to
fulfill. Jesus Christ came to heal the brokenhearted. Has your heart been
wounded, broken by something? Though the pain may be big, there is somebody that
can heal it. The Lord Jesus Christ. God sent Him to heal the brokenhearted. Some
hurts do not go away quickly. However all hurts need Jesus to heal them. Do not
hide your wound from Him. Do not pretend that it does not exist. A wound is
something real and we will not deceive but only ourselves by considering it
non-existent when it is there. Open your heart to Jesus, the heart’s healer.
Ask Him to visit it and heal it. Some wounds take time to go away but all wounds
are healed if they given to the Lord. He came to heal your wounds.
To open the prisons that may keep you and let you free. To comfort all who
mourn, to give them beauty for ashes, joy for mourning. Yes there is somebody
that can comfort you and heal you. Yes there is somebody that can stretch His
hand and help you. Yes the wound is not necessary to remain there forever nor
you are doomed to stay forever locked in a prison. Stretch your hand to the
Lord. Go to His throne with boldness to find help in a time of need. (Hebrews
4:15-16). All we need help. All we suffer from wounds and all we need the Lord
to deliver us from them. He can sympathize with our weaknesses and we can find
the help, the encouragement and the healing that we need.
Hebrews 4:15-16
"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without
sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
