Dharius Daniels - Healing What Doesn't Hurt

I want to talk about this subject and our time together today—family healing. Healing what doesn’t hurt, yes, healing what doesn’t hurt. For those of you who are not aware, I have unapologetically had an interest in video games. I have such an interest in video games that I would rather play golf on my Xbox than play golf in real life. I love video games, and I’m an Xbox guy. However, recently one of my mentees from Tampa introduced me to computer gaming, and he began to articulate to me how different the experience was and how I needed to potentially dip my toe into the water of computer gaming. So I did. I told my son Gabe, who is into computer gaming, what I needed, and he helped me get it. I put my foot in the water, played, and enjoyed it. I was then talking again to my mentee, who informed me that there is another level. I said, «Okay,» and he put together a list of what I needed. I went to a store, they built the system for me, I picked it up myself, put it in the cart myself, loaded everything into the truck myself, drove it home, carried it upstairs myself, and then realized, «I can’t do anything else; I don’t know how to assemble this. I know how to play, but this is all I know, and this is much more complicated than the previous system.» So, family, those boxes with that customized gaming system sat on the floor of my room for three months until I was having a conversation with my wife. I said, «I need to find somebody who can put this together for me,» and she mentioned a gentleman who is part of our team here named Carlton. I said, «Carlton?» She replied, «Yes, ask Carlton if he knows how.» So, the other day, I was getting ready to go up the stairs in my house, and I saw Carlton walking through the front door. I said, «Carlton, what are you here to do?» He said, «I’m here to put your video game system together.» I said, «You know how to do computer gaming?» He replied, «Yes.» I was surprised since I knew he was a tech director at our church, but I didn’t know he could assemble gaming systems. I was aware of some of his expertise, but there were additional abilities he possessed that I wasn’t aware of. I didn’t benefit from them because I didn’t know he could do it at all—I never asked him. Maybe you’re not catching the metaphor, because what I did with Carlton is what many of us do with Christ. There are some things you are aware of regarding his abilities. You know he can save you, you know he can provide, you know he can deliver. But I came to tell you that there are aspects of his existence and ability that you may be unaware of, and because you’re unaware of them, you’re not benefiting from them. Sometimes God has to arrange a situation to give you a revelation of a part of him that’s always existed but that you didn’t know could benefit you. I don’t know what you know about God; I don’t know what box you have placed him in. But I want to introduce you to an aspect of his existence that I think is extremely important, yet often overlooked. Yes, he is the God who saves; yes, he is the God who gives peace; yes, he is the God who will be with you; yes, he is Jehovah m’Kadesh, the Lord who will sanctify you; yes, he is the Lord who will raise your banner in victory, Jehovah Nissi; yes, he is Jehovah Jireh, the one who will provide. But I want to tell you what this text teaches us: in addition to all that, he is Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. He heals. If we are not aware of this, we will not benefit from it. This is why the enemy wants to keep us out of awareness; he wants to keep us, watch this, excited yet ignorant. This is the way Paul describes it; he states that you may have zeal, but the zeal is not based on knowledge. He says it’s an excitement without information, instead of excitement that comes from information. You see, this is why sometimes, because I believe everything should preach when you’re preaching, I have to catch myself. I might jump, run, or skip, right? The information causes me to get excited because I know revelation produces transformation. Did you hear what I just said? I know that once you’ve been exposed, you can’t be unexposed. I know the devil’s mad when the light bulb goes off. I know the enemy wants me uninformed, because if I’m uninformed, I won’t be able to experience all that God has ordained for my life, right? God is the God who heals, and if we don’t have this revelation, we’ll find ourselves in situations where we’re settling for circumstances that we don’t have to settle for. Settling becomes easy when settling is normal. But this text introduces us to an aspect of God’s existence that I think is extremely important. It is found contextually in the book of Exodus, and I’ve told you this: the word «Exodus» means «exit.» Therefore, the content contained in this book…