In his book, God’s Psychiatry, Charles Allen writes, “The very essence of religion is to adjust the mind and soul of man...Healing means bringing the person into a right relationship with the physical, mental and spiritual laws of God.” The most important healing that we must secure is neither healing of the body nor the mind, but a healing of the soul. In fact, the healing of the soul hastens and makes possible the healing of the body and the mind.
Christianity speaks to the total person—including the intellect. If we are to overcome the problems that confront us we must have enough faith in Jesus Christ to give Him our minds, as well as our emotions; we should listen with our intellect to the One who can say something that will help us.
“In Him we live.” This is the basis of our identity. The world uses various methods to define us—biology, physiology, sociology and psychology. But Christ gives us our true identity—that we are precious in God’s sight; that God wants to have an intimate relationship with us. Thus, for us to really know who we are, we must have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ.
“In Him we move.” This speaks to purpose. Movement refers to action and interaction. It is in our movement that we are able to derive our purpose. A lot of us have activity, but we’ll never find purpose outside of Jesus Christ. Our purpose is more than making money or worldly pleasure or power or prestige. Our purpose is to let our light so shine before men that they will see our good work and glorify our Father (Matthew 5:16).
“In Him we exist.” This speaks to finding satisfaction—not in what we were yesterday, nor in what we may be tomorrow—but in what we are right now. People like to remind us of what we used to be; they try to tell us what we could be and should be. But in Jesus knows everything about us and, in spite of our shortcomings and failures, He loves us as we are. He says, “If you trust in Me, I’ll make you what I want you to be.”
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