Tender Spot

 

I had knee surgery four years ago this past February.  After a month of rest, I began physical therapy.  My knee movement improved but seemed to plateau by mid-summer.  After consulting with my primary care doctor, I went back to physical therapy for a second round.  On the first day back, my physical therapist was working on a muscle in the back of my knee when I protested.  He asked, “Does that hurt?”  I made the mistake of saying that it did, so he bore down right on that spot.  Again, I said, “Hey, that really hurts!”  Chris said, “There seems to be a knot here, and I need to work it out.”  Over the next ten minutes, I came close to crying a couple of times.  Then he instructed his assistant to take me through some exercises to work on that particular muscle.  At home that afternoon, my leg hurt and hurt, but with Tylenol, I was able to get to sleep that night.  The next day, I did some physical work in the morning.  Around noon, I realized that I had been working all morning without any pain!  That physical therapy session the day before had really worked!  It had accomplished what needed to be done - although with considerable pain on my part.  Hey, that’s exactly what the Holy Spirit does in my spiritual life!  He presses down upon sinful areas that need to be cleaned out.  The Holy Spirit does not give up until I come clean with Him.  He patiently loves me back into fellowship, even when it seems painful for me.  The Apostle Paul said it best, in II Corinthians 4:17, “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”  Hey, what about you?  Do you have some tender spots in your secret life that God needs to work on?  Let the dear Lord do His work on your soul.  You’ll be glad that you did.