I'm Hurt
God has built a protection plan for us, which involves seeking His guidance, turning to Him in prayer, and trusting Him to heal our emotional pain. By relying on God and following His teachings, we can find strength and support to overcome hurt and protect ourselves from further emotional pain. God heals the brokenhearted.
Have you ever been hurt?
Everyone experiences pain at some point. How can we minimize vulnerability?
You might try hardening your heart and building walls so thick no one can get near you. But that's lonely. Or you could stuff the pain away and keep ignoring it. Yet, sooner or later, that pain may explode, creating more mess.
Some dull pain with drugs or food. That's tough on your body and doesn't fix the problem—in fact, it makes it worse.
There are many unhealthy ways people try to deal with hurt, but there is a better way—a godly way to find protection.
God wants you whole, including emotional health. But how can you heal and protect yourself from more pain?
If you are ready to start, here are some practical first steps you can take:
- - Begin by praying honestly to God about your hurt. Tell Him how you feel and specifically ask Him to bring healing to your heart.
- - Set aside a few quiet moments each day to read verses about God's love and comfort.
- - Consider writing your thoughts and prayers in a journal, inviting God to show you areas where you need His help.
- - Reach out to a trusted Christian friend or mentor who can pray with you and encourage you as you walk through this process.
- Remember, taking even small steps toward God can open the way for Him to bring true healing into your life.
Be Open to His Guidance
But you must be willing to let Him work it in you. This means choosing to surrender your own control, honestly bringing your pain and struggles before God in prayer, and being open to His guidance, whether it comes through Scripture, quiet conviction, or even wise counsel from others.
Allowing God to work means letting go of your own solutions, asking Him to show you what needs to change, and being willing to trust His process, even when it feels uncomfortable or uncertain.
To protect yourself, consider some of God's ways of doing things;
- Do not look to your spouse to make you happy.
- Do not depend on family or loved ones to make you feel welcomed or accepted.
- Do not look to your friends to make you feel like you belong.
- Do not depend on your church to be your primary spiritual leader. The church community and its leaders are wonderful gifts from God, meant to support, encourage, and help us grow in faith. Cherish the fellowship, teaching, and care that your church provides. But ultimately, God Himself is your greatest guide and teacher. Let the church strengthen you, while you continually seek God's direction above all.
All these things are a blessing to you. But never give them the number one place in your heart that belongs to God alone.
You'll be Disappointed
If you look to your spouse to make you happy, you will be disappointed at some level. To count on a spouse to fulfill you is to set yourself up as an easy target for hurt. When hurt and disappointment come, thinking like the world might become an option. The word 'divorce' arises and may sound like a solution.
God says He hates divorce. Marriage is sacred. It supernaturally makes two people one. Divorce is ripping two people in half as badly as if it were with blood and guts, and making the children watch.
The hurt that stems from divorce can literally cause some people to be overtaken by sickness. The whole family shudders with trauma, and many lives may never be the same.
The only one who can fulfill you is your Creator. He will never disappoint you and will prove it as you trust Him. God can even heal broken relationships. The first one is your relationship with God. Jesus must be your true love. Then He causes love to bloom again all around you. Sometimes in ways you don't expect.
If God becomes the one you count on to make you happy, He will go beyond that and give you joy. You will be fulfilled in God alone. The pressure of codependency is off, and you're free to love others, no strings attached.
Maybe you were hurt by family members. For whatever reason, your own family members can turn against you and mistreat you. It could've happened when you were a child, or during your teenage years, or it can even happen when you're an adult.
Deep hurts can become embedded in your body's very cells. The pain could last a lifetime if not dealt with by God. Sometimes, healing is not instant. It can be a gradual process that takes time, patience, and sometimes even support from others or counseling.
If you are still struggling, do not be discouraged or feel you are alone in your journey. But if God is invited to come into the midst of the pain and reveal Himself there, He will bring healing. He is the only one who can.
The world teaches you to rely on yourself or on someone or something, but they all eventually come up short, and it will ultimately be disappointing. God is the only one who can perfectly love you for who you are. He loves you unconditionally. He knows what you need and how to take care of you.
God's will is that you trust Him alone... Have faith in God. Rely only on God.
Jesus is your loving, faithful husband. God is your father, mother, brother, and sister. The Holy Spirit is your spiritual leader. God is the great I am. He is everything you will ever need. Put Him in His proper place in your life, and He will quite literally become everything that you need. Allow God to be your first love. Fix your eyes on Him and no one else before Him.
Not a Casual Relationship
There is a much better way. What I am talking about here is not a casual relationship. I'm not talking about going to church on Sunday and hardly talking to God the rest of the week. For God to be your shield, you must have a personal, strong relationship with Him.
God Focused On You
Did you know that Almighty God is focused on you? He loves you so very much. God's will is to have a personal relationship with you. Your victory for everything is in Christ and His shed blood. It's all about the cross and what Jesus did, and it's not at all about what we do. It's Grace, not works.
Jer 31:3 "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, with loving kindness I have drawn you. NKJV Jer 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; NKJV
Keep your eyes focused on Jesus and on 'No One Else.' That's a key to protecting ourselves from being so vulnerable and easily hurt.
It's God who will do the work in you if you allow Him to; just follow His lead. Real Christianity is a growing, life-giving, completely sold-out relationship with God, relying on God Himself to do the work in you.
Laying down your burdens before God. You can trust Him to carry it for you.
Putting God first in your life is not just 'a saying', it's a command for your good! If you want to protect yourself, it must become literal for you personally.
It is not good for man to be alone; spouses are amazingly good for each other. Children are a blessing. Family and friends are given to us as bonuses and are great blessings, yet God must be our number one.
Church is given to us for our benefit, but God Himself must be by far our spiritual leader. In the New Covenant, we are all taught by God Himself.
Celebrate when those around you do good and are a blessing to you. Look at them through the eyes of Grace when they fail. That's how God looks at us.
When others hurt you, choose to forgive as God has forgiven you—release them from your bitterness and ask God to help you let go of the offense. Forgiveness is not always easy, but it is a powerful way to reflect God's grace and free your own heart. But don't count on anyone, including yourself. Only count on God.
God's door is always open to you. He longs to welcome you as a cherished member of His very own family. All of heaven waits in intensity to see if you will accept the invitation, as they anticipate the joy of the Father, hoping His child will come home.
Oh, if you only knew how welcome and accepted you are in God! Our Father does not wait for you to beg His forgiveness, but rather He runs toward you even if you are far off. Your need to be welcomed and accepted can again be fulfilled only in God.
It Doesn't Matter
What others think of you really, really does not matter. Alone, they are but dust.
Focus your eyes on God. We cannot change ourselves; we must rely on God and trust that He will change us from the inside out.
Inferiority and insecurity, which are at the roots of so many strongholds in the minds of people, will lose their power over you if you are focused on God. God is truly the only one whose opinion of us matters.
It doesn't even matter what you think of yourself. Go to the Word of God and read who God says you are. We ARE who the Word of God says we are, whether or not you 'feel like it'. What the Word of God says we can do, we can do. Only by focusing on Jesus can we do all things through Christ, who strengthens us.
Perfect Love
We all have an inherent need to belong. Friendships are an important gift from God, and a friend can be even closer than a brother, but they cannot take the place reserved for only God in your heart. No one can fill that place but God Himself. No one else is Perfect Love.
In time, friendships can fade when you simply lose touch with each other. Some friends have been known to become enemies. Betrayal is a hurt hard to get over. You can save yourself some serious hurt if you learn to keep everyone in their proper place in your life.
They can't hurt you
anymore!
It becomes much easier for you not to pick up the offense when someone offends you because they can't hurt you as they did before. Why? Because you are not expecting them to fulfill your needs or appreciate you.
When you look to God instead of people, He can quite literally become your shield. He stands between you and those who would hurt you. It is for you to choose not to depend on them but to put all your trust in the Lord. Prov 30:5 “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.” NKJV
You are not looking to them for approval, esteem, or even love. You don't need it anymore if God fulfills all those needs. He fulfills tangibly if you let Him. When you seek God with all your heart and surrender to Him. He heals the broken hearded
But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”John 3:16 (NKJV)“
Maybe you would like to renew your commitment to Jesus today, or you want to receive Him with your whole heart for the first time. If you're thinking about that, don't wait, just ask Him into your heart right now.
It is written: that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 (NKJV)
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