Mark 2:17 “On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Jeremiah 17:9 “ The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick Who can understand it?”Ģ. By grace although we are fallen, believers have been redeemed by Christ and although we still struggle, we can take comfort in the fact that we are being renewed in the image of God.ġ. You may feel that you are locked in a prison cell, but what do we know about Jesus? Jesus shatters chains and He removes locks and He says, “I am the door.” He wants you to come inside and be set free.
He desires us to experience the liberation that He offers. He is calling everyone to repentance and faith in Him.
Christ has overcome and defeated those things that are so burdensome to us. He intimately understands what we are going through because He’s fought our battles and He has prevailed. He lived a perfect life that we struggle to live. In His love He came down in the form of man and He took upon our brokenness, shame, sin, hurts, etc. However, God does not leave us hopeless without a solution. With this in mind, it’s no longer a “my” problem. Nevertheless, we all experience the weight of living in a broken world. It can easily be said that we all have a mental illness.īy no means am I trying to equate clinical issues with situational issues. No one is alone in this because we all struggle in some capacity because of the fall. The brokenness and psychological wars that many are facing, including myself are due to us living in a fallen world and being marred by sin. Our thoughts have the ability to not only produce, but also enhance pain. A mere thought can create panic attacks and depression. Take a moment to ponder the mind-body connection. Our biological functioning can be either positively or negatively affected by our mental state. This reveals the relation between our mental and our physical. It is undoubtedly seen from Scripture how our fallen nature can produce chemical imbalances in the brain. As believers, we have to be able to deal with mental illnesses as a psychological reality. It’s a strenuous task to even slightly comprehend the depravity of the human heart. This sin nature affects every part of our being including body and soul. Scripture is clear in that through the sin of Adam, we have inherited a fallen sin nature. However, there are Scriptures on the fallen condition of man, which entails the severity of the depravity of humanity. There is no explicit verse on mental health. The Bible offers a lot of help for Christians struggling with depression and mental health issues But the view from the struggling Christian’s heart of their objective hope could be obscured by disease and pain, the pressures of life, and by Satanic fiery darts shot against them… All discouragement and depression is related to the obscuring of our hope, and we need to get those clouds out of the way and fight like crazy to see clearly how precious Christ is.” John Piper There is nothing wrong with the object of their hope – Jesus Christ is not defective in any way whatsoever. “Every Christian who struggles with depression struggles to keep their hope clear. And I find no better cure for that depression than to trust in the Lord with all my heart, and seek to realize afresh the power of the peace-speaking blood of Jesus, and His infinite love in dying upon the cross to put away all my transgressions.” Charles Spurgeon “I find myself frequently depressed – perhaps more so than any other person here. And I find no better cure for that depression than to trust in the Lord with all my heart, and seek to realize afresh the power of the peace-speaking blood of Jesus, and His infinite love in dying upon the cross to put away all my transgressions.” Charles Spurgeon He sees what no one sees, He hears what isn’t said but is cried out by the heart and He will restore you.” And as you draw near to Him, He will draw near to you. “When it feels like you’re empty and hurting alone know God is present in this space with you. “Even as a Christian, you’ll have good days and you’ll have bad days but you’ll never have a day without God.” He knows the plans He has for you.” Brittany Moses “When you cannot see the future and not knowing the outcome gives you anxiety, focus on the One who has gone before you. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” ― C.S. “Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. “When God has already defined you as His and purposed by Him, no mental illness can change that.” – Brittany Moses
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