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Most people want quick and easy results without doing any of the hard work required for the victory. It’s a disease of our world today. With a click of a finger we can order food, find an answer, shop, send an email, and so much more.
Some people who come to Intensive Counseling at Blessing Ranch Ministries falsely believe that if they just work hard for five days, they won't have to do any more hard work when they get home. Wrong! These are the people who fall into their old normal as soon as they get home. God intentionally didn’t set up most healing and growth that way.
When it comes to your heart, do not stop one step short. God never does.
Most likely it won’t be one lightbulb moment that changes everything for you. It will be a series of moments that compel you to surrender your old normal and embrace the new normal more and more over time.
It’s also doubtful that one encounter with God will erase every untrustworthy intuition you have. It will take many moments of remembering the authority of what God has said to you that finally makes it stick in your heart, not just your head.
It most likely won’t be one therapy session that removes all of your trauma triggers. It will be a progressive healing that frees you from your fear and mistrust, as your heart learns to relax.
Alan Ahlgrim says, “Heart work is hard work.” I would add that heart work is also holy work.
God is calling you to fight for your heart, and He has a good reason for that. He knows this will take tenacity and the hard work of entering your pain, overcoming the barriers between your head and your heart, and taking the power back that you’ve given away.
In scripture, and through the life of Jesus, we see God's desire to heal us on this side of eternity. God still desires to heal, but often His healing comes as an invitation for process healing. In other words, His invitation into the discomfort of growth requires our patient participation as God brings us opportunities to exercise our faith muscles, particularly strengthening our trust and dependence, over time.
So fight through the thoughts of, “I don’t have the time or energy for this.” “This is too painful.” “I’m not seeing the results I thought I would by now.” Keep your eyes and heart fixed on Jesus, knowing that healing and fighting for freedom won't be quick or easy, but living and leading unhindered will be worth it.
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