The Great Physician still makes house calls!



“Make me hear joy and gladness that the bones you have broken may rejoice.”
(Psalm 51:8)


Sin is depressing, degrading and demoralizing. The longer we stay in it, the worse things get. Have you ever felt like David, and your bones ached from the condition of your heart? I’m not talking about the Arthur-itis in your knees or shoulders or other joints, but the aching deep within our souls from decisions we’ve made, relationships we’ve had, or even things we didn’t do when we should have done them.

The Good News is that we don’t need to rely on an analgesic rub or pain pill for what is only temporary relief. As born-again believers, we have the indwelling Spirit of God ready and willing to work deep within our aching hearts and the marrow within our bones. David desired the intimate experience of communion with God. There is an abiding peace that goes beyond all understanding when we are at peace with God. Bones broken by conviction can rejoice and be comforted. That same Spirit that convicts also causes a resounding peace to surround one who has been alienated by sin.

Is it enough to be saved by grace and escape the fires of hell? It wasn’t for David and it’s not for me. It should not be for any believer. Yes, there’s peace in knowing that one day I’ll be with my God and Savior in heaven. But I desire fellowship and relationship with Him every day…now! It can only come from living a life of repentance, confessing my sin to my Father through Christ and seeking to live in communion with Him and those around me. Knowing Jesus is knowing peace. Abiding in Him (John 15:4- 8) is living a life of joy, contentment, and fulfillment, knowing our Lord lives in and through us and is pleased with what we’re doing, despite what things may look like!!

One question: Spiritually speaking, are we experiencing more pain of Arthur than the peace of the Lord? The doctor…the Great Physician still makes house calls!