The Hebrew word for healer means "to sew together, to mend, to repair or refresh; to make sound or whole." The image that comes to mind is of a mother or grandmother skillfully mending socks. They would stretch the worn or gaping part over the back of one hand. Then, with a large-eyed needle and yarn, they would stitch back and forth between the edges, creating a parallel picket fence of yarn over the wounded sock. Finally, they would weave up and down across the pickets, filling all the gaps with a neat, tight lattice of new material.
The German reformer Martin Luther once alluded to God as Herrn Gottes Flicker, "Lord God Mender." The image is apt. Our Lord Healer is the mender of broken things. He mends sin, rottenness, hurt, failure, broken spirits, broken bodies, and broken hearts. Even now, He's in the process of repairing the holes. He has the power to get the job done. Because He is Lord Healer, we can ask Him for healing now - and can confidently look forward in faith to the time when His power will make all things new.
Are there holes in your life that need mending? Are you suffering from any physical or spiritual sickness? Take a moment and pray a prayer of petition or praise to the powerful Lord Healer.
(adapted from Mary Kassian, Knowing Him by Name.)
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