Trouble and Trauma: Healing In The Venom

So, what’s the fuzz about Trouble and Trauma anyway? I bet if you’d stick around to the end of this article, you would have well-rounded understanding of the riddle.

Pastor T.D. Jakes said something about Troubles in one of his messages and it struck a chord. Giving it a closer look and applying enough context to what was said, the lesson that emerged became too evident to be ignored.

Troubles come with an after-effect that can stick around after the trouble is long gone. Trauma is this aftereffect.

A deeply rooted trauma finds an outlet in several ways: ranging from anxiety, fear, bitterness, rage, and insecurity, to a complete lack of trust in -and isolation from- people. Recall that these manifestations of trauma only show up after the problem is gone.

The trauma from our past troubles is, in most cases, the stronghold that robs our present of its progressive energy. It is the log on our path that we very often stumble over.

It is easy to fight our troubles and conquer them in the short term, but to overcome the trauma that came with it, we’ll need way more than a personal power to overcome.

You can easily get over a disappointment from a friend or loved one, but you’ll need help to regain all that you lost while sulking in negative emotions. Else, you risk ever believing that you deserve better.

When the negative effects of a Trauma linger, it becomes the norm; and when this happens, it is difficult to have a synergy between your confessions and your behavior.

Your behavior will tilt towards what you have hard-wired into your person – the trauma, while your confessions will be nothing but wishful thinking given a voice. A classic case of speaking faith while thinking and acting doubt.

Most Christians today still live with unaddressed trauma from the troubles they overcame so many years ago.

Somehow, they put on pretense in a bid to preserve their reputation among other believers. They echo “I’m fine” without hesitation to people they should confide in for help.

In the book of Numbers, Chapter 21, after the Israelites were attacked by serpents in the wilderness. Moses, having been instructed of the Lord, held up a serpent on a pole as a remedy for their pains.

To receive healing from the painful sting of the snake bites, they had to face the serpent – the source of the wound. It could have been religiously correct to pray over the wounds, or make declarations; but no, they had to face the very source of their problem. The solution was indeed in the venom.

Today, this is a call to all of us to quit hacking at the leaves of our problems for short-term relief. The solution we seek lies in the roots. Fix the roots and watch the problem go forever.

Deal with the trauma today. Face that truth today. Reclaim your wholeness again. Live free again.

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