"The Healing of Mercy" -2

"I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against Thee." (Psalms 41:4) Besides being totally inadequate when it comes to earning anything close to what is needed for our sins to be cleansed, we have another thing that puts us at the point of owing more debt, which our sin that we will commit today or tomorrow. Not that we set out to sin, because most of us don't actually set out to fall into sin; but for the most part, sin is still part of what we must deal with, day in and day out, until we are no longer living in this fallen world. Understanding what we are, and knowing what we shall become, is part of what is required to be healed; like most sicknesses, before you can start the healing process, a diagnoses must be determined of your condition, and then the proper treatment can be applied to start you on a road to recovery. Jesus is the Great Physician, and He wants so desperately to heal us of all that afflicts our souls, which is sin; healing of our physical ailments may or may not happen, because He has never promised to do that; but what He has promised us is eternal life in heaven with Him and the Father, which is far greater than physical healing or extended life here on this earth. Our greatest need is for our soul to be healed from being separated from God, that is our one and only thing that will keep us from life that matters; this life, although it has it's moments of good times and fond memories, is really not life at all, if it is not lived in Christ; only a life that is lived in Christ can be complete and profitable for the kingdom of God; all other living is pretty much wasted time, and time wasted on this world is lost, just as the world is lost. Once we see the difference between the here and there, mercy takes priority in the list of needs for living; it becomes the first thing we ask for as we rise up in the morning, and it becomes the last thing we ask for as we go to sleep... "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Matthew 6:19-21)