Wounded and Half Dead

Scripture Reference Luke 10:30 “And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.”

We revisit this text to point out some Spiritual Truths.  Have you ever encountered a situation that came out of nowhere, it wounded you, left you hemorrhaging and half dead?  Such is the case of our “certain man” in our text.  He has come under attack, been wounded, and left half dead.  What is that situation in your life that has attacked you, wounded you, and left you have dead?  Maybe it’s that divorce, or maybe the loss of a job, loved one, or the betrayal of a friend?  Either way, there you lay, on the road, hemorrhaging and dying: unable to move, or even to cry for help or to even let someone know that you in fact need help.  And if something doesn’t happen soon to abort the bleeding, you will surely die.  Such is the case of this “certain man”.

The text says he also was “stripped of his raiment”.  This points to your dignity, your credit, and your reputation.  The enemy tries to take your dignity so you won’t, in the face of scorn and shame, get up and get back into proper alignment with God.  The enemy tries to take your credit, meaning your good name, so that others will say, “if you knew him/her, they really are not all that”.   Your good name precedes you and your wear it everywhere you go.  The enemy tries to take your reputation of being a “goody-two-shoes”.  This is the trying to make everyone think we are ok and good when in reality we all fall short and need Jesus our Savior to come and rescue us from all our affliction and trouble.  Not one of us is any better than the other. 

Because of the fall from grace that we have suffered in the Garden of Eden, and given we are born into a state of sin, we are wounded in our everyday comings and goings by the enemy who desires to steal, kill and destroy us.  We are part of the Kingdom of Heaven, but the Bible is clear, “the kingdom of heaven suffers violence” (Matt 11:12). 

It is time for us to get our wounded, bleeding and half dead self’s to Christ.  He is the only one that can restore us and make us whole again.

If you desire to stop the hemorrhaging pray this prayer.  Jesus, My LORD, and King, I worship You, and submit myself to Your will.  I confess that I am a sinner and I ask You that You come into my life, heal me, and stop the bleeding in my life that causes me to be pulled away from you and in Your love reunite me with Your grace and mercy restoring me to everlasting communion with you, now and forever more!