Inner Healing

Inner Healing

Apostle Paul, after spending an unknown number of years alone with Jesus in the desert after an encounter on the road to Damacus, came back with the New Covenant revelation of Christ (Gal 1:11-12, 15-17).

Even Christ's first disciples didn't have that revelation (John 12:16; 16:12-14), because they didn't have the Holy Spirit at that point when Jesus was still walking with them on earth. Without the Holy Spirit, one cannot comprehend spiritual truths.

Paul was taught by no one but Christ Himself (1 John 2:27) and he came back correcting the first disciples on the New Covenant (Gal 2:11-21). Those who walked with Christ personally on earth failed to know Him intimately as compared to Paul who only had the Holy Spirit. 

Here's the thing: Don't think that you cannot know Him more than the disciples.

Despite writing a big part of the New Testament and most of the epistles, and despite performing extraordinary miracles and undergoing severe persecution, Paul actually revealed that he hadn't reached the place of absolute spiritual maturity and that he wanted to know Christ more.

He taught us what inner healing is so that we can grow unto perfection unto Christ.

Brethren, as for myself, as I look back upon my life and calmly draw a conclusion, I am not counting myself yet as one who has in an absolute and complete way 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 [𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬]; but one thing: I, in fact, am forgetting completely the things that are behind, and am 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭. - Phil 3:13 (WUESTNT)

Christ has completed the perfect works for us and in us. The image of God has been restored unto us. But we need to lay hold of all that Christ has done for/to us. 

The key to inner healing is not to go back to any past (including memories/traumas/incidents of the past). It is to keep going after who Christ is (Phil 3:14) ---- for who He is, is who we are.

When your 'stretching forward' is faster than your 'looking backward', you are all ready to grow unto maturity.

P.S: To look back to your past is self-centredness in nature. For you are called to be Christ-centred. We have to start from Christ, progress in Christ and finish in Christ.