Lies + Hindrances To Your Healing
One of the reasons God's children are suffering is explained in Hosea 4:6 where it says, "my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." I quietly suffered in life because I didn't even know I was suffering much less know how to deal with it! The following is not an exhaustive list of lies or hindrances, they're the most common ones, hope this helps you or someone you know! We have this thing as humans where we'll read things like this and point the finger at others like oh ya I see that in that other person's life ... heck, I'm guilty of this too! But I fight it by surrendering my heart to God, choosing humility and saying Lord, reveal my own heart, show me where this is in my own heart and life like King David prayed in Psalms 139:23-24, "search me, O God, and know my heart..."
LIES
"I'm too broken, too messed up to be healed. Too unworthy." The truth is that no one is too broken or sinful for God to heal! Jesus dying on the cross was enough, His blood is enough for every wound, trauma and/or mistake. Just read the story of how Jesus healed the demon-possessed man of Gadarenes in Luke 8:26-29, it says he had a "legion" (v.30) of demons in him. Many think his symptoms were similar to someone suffering from schizophrenia. I'm sorry if people around you have felt helpless and powerless to help you and have made you feel like a lost cause, Jesus doesn't. He is powerful enough to set you free.
"God is intimidated or offended by my issues." The truth is that God IS LOVE. Love delights in the truth, as in God sees and delights in the truth of who He created you to be. My friend, who was struggling with homosexuality, said to me, "how could God love me if he hates homosexuality?" She thought God hated her because of her temptation towards homosexuality. I went and prayed about it because I was unsure of how to answer and I'll never forget what God said to me, "that's a label she and the world have put on her, I only see her as my daughter and if she can give me a chance and I just want her get to know me as her Father who loves her." That blew my mind, He wasn't concerned about her struggles, it was as if He'd take care of that in time, His priority wass helping her understand her true identity in Him. Does that sound like a God who's intimidated, scared or offended by our deepest shames or struggles? NOPE! That's when I realized God really does see us through the lens of Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, "God made him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." When the Father looks at us, he sees the righteousness of Jesus, not our failures.
"I don't need help." The truth is, take a look at your friendships and/or marriage, do
Denial & Disillusion
The first step to healing is acknowledging that we need help. Denial or living in disillusion is a huge hindrance to healing. Whether that denial comes from ignorance like people don't know they need healing or if it comes from pride where they can't admit they need help, living in denial is a stumbling block. Sometimes living This they don't know how to see it, or acknowledge it Father God sent His Son Jesus to take the sins and suffering of the world
He went on to explain some of the main reasons why His children are quietly suffering: it's become so familiar that it feels normal so they can't see it, they have too much pride to see or acknowledge their brokenness or they feel like they're broken beyond repair like their hurt is too much for Him.