Healing From Brokenness

Key Passage: Isaiah 61

Devotional:

God’s nature is to bring healing and restoration to humanity. It’s the heart, maybe even better said, the mission, for why Jesus came in the flesh. We see this in Luke 4. As Jesus begins His ministry, He quotes Isaiah 61. Jesus said, “’The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor’” (Luke 4:18-19). The Bible speaks extensively about healing from brokenness and God’s power to restore us.

Here’s the good news—God doesn’t just mend what is broken; that alone would be more than we deserve. But He goes to the next level. He restores us through faith in His Son Jesus. His heart for this is evident throughout the Old and New Testament. Here are a few examples:

Psalm 147:3- “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

Joel 2:25- “’I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten...’”

Jeremiah 30:17- “’For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal...’”

Acts 3:19-21- “’Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed to you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.’”

A season of depression and brokenness may feel unending, making it hard to remember that God’s heart is to make a way for you into a refreshing, new season. God had this to say through the prophet Isaiah, “’Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers and desert’” (Isaiah 43:18-19).

Healing from brokenness is part of the transformation that comes from being in Christ. He turns pain into purpose. God’s grace is sufficient to heal your wounds, overcome your brokenness, and lead you into a renewed life. And He doesn’t “just” heal you—He restores you for His glory.

Application Question: What in your life needs God’s restoration?

Further Reading: Luke 4

Written by Eric Heatherly