8 Good Ways God May Be Growing You Through Slow Healing
BY LE ANN TREES | Don’t let the devil succeed in getting you to despair in the midst of slow healing. Instead, trust that God will not waste one bit of your suffering.
Who likes to heal slowly? That’s right, no one. We all want to be healed yesterday from whatever physical or mental ailment or troubled relationship we are experiencing at present. If you are a believer who is going through a slow healing process, it could be—and likely is the case—that God is using your circumstances to grow you for your good and his glory. While you may feel frustrated, disappointed, angry, disheartened, or all four combined with how long it’s taking for healing to happen, here are eight ways God may be using slow healing in your sanctification in Christ:
1. God may be using slow healing to humble you.
Perhaps you were born with certain natural talents, desirable physical attributes, or material blessings that the world puts on a pedestal…
I certainly believe and know why God has chosen slow healing for my chronic illness. I very much believe in the power of Christ Jesus and He wants the very vest for me. It's why I have left it in God's hands.