"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.” Malachi 4:2 NASB
In November of 1981, God gave me a song called He Shall Arise With Healing. This song was was born during the time of my deliverance from sin. It is hard to believe it was so long ago, and even more difficult to believe it took me so long to release this song to the Body of Christ. God knows best.
In 1981, I was grieving my wounds as well as my failures - my sin - and I had just finished reading a book by C. S. Lewis called A Grief Observed. This book deals with the subject of grief and its role in our lives. This was to be one of the first lessons I learned in allowing God to take the hurts and failures of my life and to use them for His glory.
Sin left the world in disarray. The blood of Christ came to redeem us from our sin and restore us to God's order. God, like a surgeon, knows healing almost always involves pain. The sin-sickness causes pain. The realization of one’s own sin brings pain. The surgery to remedy the sickness brings pain. Even recovery brings pain. Yet, healing always brings God glory and reminds us of who is really in control!
This song was a feeble attempt to express that truth. No matter what, He shall arise with healing. He, like a mother hen, spreads His wings and provides shelter and protection – two things needed for healing to take place. Like the sun which breaks through clouds, sending wings of light to the dark earth below, He shines into the wounded places of our hearts and restores life and a deeper intimacy with Himself. No matter what, He shall arise with healing.
[Rev 22:1-5 NASB] 1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve [kinds of] fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4 they will see His face, and His name [will be] on their foreheads. 5 And there will no longer be [any] night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
Now that I am growing older and am in the middle of a health battle with Parkinson’s, the words of this song mean more to me than ever. The bottom line truth is this. God is always the Healer and always brings healing. It just may not be the type of healing we would choose and it may not come within the time frame we would desire, but God’s very nature is that of Healer…and He always brings about healing to those who seek Him. Our main issue is that God may choose to heal us through physical death. Ultimately, I am with Him whether I live or whether I die. Death and the onset of eternal life is perfect healing, regardless of my circumstances or my past. He shall arise with healing just as He did on that first resurrection day…and that brings healing - and joy - to my soul.
Dennis Jernigan
To hear The Dennis Jernigan Podcast version of this teaching and to hear the song, He Shall Arise With Healing, simply go to http://podcast.dennisjernigan.com/e/he-shall-arise-with-healing/
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