Basic HTML Version
A Prescription for Healing of All Ills, May 31
A Sound Mind in a Sound Body
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
God’s healing power runs all through nature. If a tree is cut, if a
human being is wounded or breaks a bone, nature begins at once to
repair the injury. Even before the need exists, the healing agencies are in
readiness; and as soon as a part is wounded, every energy is bent to the
work of restoration. So it is in the spiritual realm. Before sin created the
need, God had provided the remedy. Every soul that yields to temptation
is wounded, bruised, by the adversary; but wherever there is sin, there is
the Saviour.
When the gospel is received in its purity and power, it is a cure for
the maladies that originated in sin. The Sun of Righteousness arises,
“with healing in His wings.” ...
The love which Christ diffuses through the whole being is a vitalizing
power. Every vital part—the brain, the heart, the nerves—it touches with
healing. By it the highest energies of the being are roused to activity.
It frees the soul from the guilt and sorrow, the anxiety and care, that
crush the life forces. With it come serenity and composure. It implants
in the soul joy that nothing earthly can destroy—joy in the Holy Spirit—
health-giving, life-giving joy.
Our Saviour’s words, “Come unto Me, ... and I will give you rest,”
are a prescription for the healing of physical, mental, and spiritual ills.
Though men have brought suffering upon themselves by their own
wrongdoing He regards them with pity. In Him they may find help.
He will do great things for those who trust in Him....
If human beings would open the windows of the soul heavenward, in
appreciation of the divine gifts, a flood of healing virtue would flow in.
[156]
162