My three year old son and I we’re pillow fighting last night. As I hit him once in the head he gave me that proverbial, “OH DAD YA GOT ME” lines like he was “play” dying. He then did a “play” falling routing. Problem was his head smacked into the edge of a hearth on a fireplace. Blood started gushing and I knew at that moment we needed to take him to the emergency room. On our way I held him in my arms and told him that I loved him and that Jesus loved him and he was safe. We we’re going to take care of him. We get to the emergency room and the doctor checks his vitals etc. to make sure there wasn’t a concussion or neural damage. The gash in his head was about half inch wide and three quarter in deep. It was bad. Doc then asked me to hold him down to administer the anesthetic shot to numb the area. Can I say, that as a father, it was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. Holding my son down while he’s in excruciating pain was gut wrenching. There was no other alternative though. It had to be done or we just leave a hole in his head.
God spoke to me and said, “I had to hold my son down because there was no other alternative.” Jesus would be the medication needed to bind up the sinful wounds in our life and He allowed His Father to pin him down on the cross for our healing. It must have been horrible for the Father to watch his Son go through that. In fact, the Father had to look away. I hated watching my son go through the pain but I knew what the end result would be. Praise God he’s ok and he’ll have a scar bearing the brunt of his fall. Jesus will have my scars for all eternity bearing the brunt of my sin. When I get to heaven I will look at His scars as the most beautiful marks in the world because He chose to take those on Himself for us. Rev 5:6 ..I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain…
Before the shot, the doctor put Miles arms behind his back in a pillow sheet so he couldn’t move. I hated doing this but the doctor couldn’t risk his own hands being cut if they got in the way. MAN this was hard!! I feel sometimes God holds us down in certain ways to administer medicine to those wounded areas of our Spirit’s. Some of us have deep wounds that require drastic measures. The Father, as unloving as He may seem, is pinning us down to inject us with truth and administer the medication. Do you feel like you can’t move? Do you feel like life is going nowhere? Is it painful? It’s because Jesus wants you to be still and know He’s God. He administering His Holy medicine meant to bring you healing.
Lastly, As the doctor stitched him up he was crying but I knew the anesthesia kicked in and could feel nothing. I told him to lie his little head on my chest and rest. HE ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP. It’s ok for you to rest on the Father as he’s binding your wounds. Rest on Him now. Decide to rest because He loves you. It’s all He wants.
I hope this encourages you..
