The Holy Spirit spoke to me this morning about walking in the anointing that heals the broken hearted in my communion time. He pointed out to me that what we understand of a heart being broken is completely different from what the Lord means when He says I heal your broken heart. Relief from the pain of a difficult situation or circumstance is not the healing of the heart and physical healing is also not a healing of the heart but the healing of the physical part of the body being restored. Isaiah.61:1.

The Holy Spirit pointed out that one can receive a physical healing of many years of pain and shame yet that in itself does not heal your heart. An example of that we can look at is the woman with the issue of blood in Matthew.9:22 which reads these words: But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

In this event we notice that when the woman with the issue of blood touches Jesus she is instantly healed of the issue of blood, but Jesus for some important reason wants her to come forward. Jesus wants her to testify about what happened for her and then speaks words to her that heal her broken heart because she had already received the healing when she touched His garment.

Be comforted Jesus emphatically points out to her and we are told she was then made whole. Her inner heart was released from what had broken it in pieces when Jesus spoke the word of comfort to her to be made whole.

This healing of the broken heart is what the Holy Spirit wants to deal with in our lives because if our hearts are not truly healed we will never be able to fulfill the will of God for our lives. This is because God needs to work with our hearts to accomplish anything with us on earth.

This is why obedience to Proverbs.4:23 is so vital in our lives: Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Our hearts will determine what we experience in life so our hearts need to be healed completely for us to engage fully with the Lord for us to see His fullness revealed in us. We need to watch carefully for what our hearts receive and respond to.

In Jeremiah.17:9 &10 we read these words: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

This scripture clearly points out why it is so necessary for the Lord through the Holy Spirit to heal our broken hearts because our heart loves deception, deceit and lies. For that reason our hearts do not comprehend when true inner heart healing has been accomplished by the deliverance from the Lord. This is because the human heart prefers the lie that the present lust or desire being fulfilled has healed our hearts’ present pain because of the present pleasure we are experiencing.

Since we cannot by ourselves can never know the condition of our hearts. It is only the Lord who can search the state of our heart. We must be more reliant on the Holy Spirit to diagnose the true state of our hearts. Then allow His process of revelation, healing and comfort be the true standard of measurement that our hearts have been truly healed so we can live for Him. John.13:36-38.

In Isaiah.61:2 & 3 we see the Lord explain further the process of healing for the broken heart which He points out clearly what must happen for that to be accomplished. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,3 To console those who mourn in Zion,

To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

The acceptable year of the Lord is the Jubilee year when all debts and outstanding issues are resolved and we are totally released from all obligations. However, notice that after that process is achieved. God exercises His prerogative of Vengeance which is the Lord’s and the Lord will repay which Jesus pointed out in Luke.18 that we must seek Him for because after it comes the comfort to the heart that mourned and was shattered because of loss.

These losses are restored back as comfort and consolation are received back in the heart of those in Zion. When Zion is mentioned here it refers to those who trust in the Lord who are like mount Zion which cannot be removed. In other words our hearts are steadfast, and immovable, not fickle and unstable. Psalm.125:1

This is where we see the hand of the Lord in full operation by turning ashes to beauty in the hearts of men. We then can behold what the Lord created bringing exceeding joy. In fact the oil of joy is poured out which outruns and overtakes mourning by birthing the garments of spontaneous praise for what the Lord has done. The final process being that the heart of the Lord is fully planted in us as trees of righteousness that glorifies the Lord in and through our now healed hearts.

I encourage you as you ponder and meditate on this revelation of truth today, to be willing to examine your own heart by coming into the wilderness (the place to prepare the heart to walk in God’s way). So you can truly find out what is in your heart to be set free and be healed so you can serve the Lord as He desires you to without fear. Isaiah.40:3-5.

Let the grace flowing from these words open your heart to the truth so you can turn and be truly healed in your heart from past trauma, pain and hurts that have controlled your heart decisions and robbed you of the blessings God wants to move you into.

However because your unhealed heart keeps tripping you up thus preventing you from moving forward. The Holy Spirit wants our hearts free and completely healed so they can fully serve the Lord and His purpose on earth.

May you today open your heart to fully experience the healing of all brokenness of heart no matter how it happened. Then find the comfort and consolation of the Holy Spirit that removes the sting from your life and conscience thus making you completely whole. Then walk triumphantly as brand new in heart and purpose that God can fully use to express His nature and character through in Jesus name. Amen.