Wound – an injury that involves breaking, a cut or breach, an opening created

Wounds can come from anywhere…and the Bible has a lot to say about woundedness with verses like…

Psalm 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

 Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?          Message version “what do you do when your spirit is crushed?

Zechariah 13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Wounds cause openings that are too often filled with hate, anger, hurt, warped ideas, wrong attitudes, annoyance, confrontation, layer after layer of numbness. There are three things about the ministry of woundedness that I have learned through the years…I would like to give those to you through these biblical examples.

Psalm 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

·         Notice here it doesn’t say he heals the wounds, rather He binds them…the wounds don’t leave…sometimes you walk with them for the rest of your life…so, please don’t mistake the lingering pain as God’s way of telling you, He doesn’t care about your wound.  Sometimes the pain doesn’t leave

1.  Some wounds you’re not supposed to conquer only survive and learn to live with.
Some of the greatest anointing and experiences that you will ever walk-in will come out of your broken places…You see when a person has a permanent  limp, things change…because of my wounds my songs have changed, my testimony has changed, my attitude has changed, 

In order for there to be an impartation, there must first be an opening and the opening God uses to impart into your life is none other than wounds. Since the beginning of creation God has used wounds.

2. God uses pain and wounds for the purpose of releasing gifts and potential.
When God created Adam he took a look at him and pronounced for the very first time in history…

Genesis 2:18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

When God needed something to make man more complete He knew that what needed was already in him, but there needed to be an opening (wound)……………..so through the wound of Adam came a gift to Adam; His wife.

All through the first wound!  I wonder what my wounds have the potential of releasing to the world.  

Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes, we are healed.

3. The world needs your wounds
The English word (wound) in this scripture is plural (more than one) but the greek word (Gr. mooloopi-mwlwpi) is SINGULAR!  The Greek language requires so much accuracy that if two wounds had been visible the plural would be necessary. But, Christ was beaten so ruthlessly that only one wound was visible and it covered His entire body.   One big open wound!

  This is one of the reasons we have communion service to keep this fresh in our minds and to not forget about his wound.  I can say this….the world needs what you have gone through.