Wholeness - healing

For the remainder of this month we will talk about "Wholeness." To be “whole” is to be well in every dimension of being. To be “whole” is to be well in every dimension of being.
These studies are going to be brief – more teasers than studies really. They are a starting point to get us thinking of the meaning of what we read and not just breeze through scriptures without looking closely. As a warm up to the subject however, we will begin by talking about wholeness as it relates to healing. Our first example then is Joshua 5:8 and for these couple of days let’s read from the Amplified Bible. Here goes: “When they finished circumcising all the males of the nation, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed.” Remember we are substituting “healed” for “whole.” This event comes right after the death of Moses as Joshua takes over the task of getting the Israelites settled in their new land. All the males born in the wilderness needed to be circumcised in keeping with the covenant. God reminded Joshua to perform this task and naturally, they could not travel immediately afterwards. Why don’t you read the entire chapter by the time we meet again on Wednesday?
In the meantime think about this: Necessary and sometimes God directed tasks are not without their share of pain. ©9/2010