The Place of Testimonies

A Note on Isaiah 53:5b

And by His stripes we are healed.

I value the hospital patients, on whom I call, who tell of the Lord's healing. No question, after their healing, they turn around and tell their story of healing to others. The same is true for overcomers who have experienced drug addiction, or those who conquer bitterness from unemployment, or those who taste the renewal and hope that comes after the pain of a divorce situation; and to be sure, there are dozens of other kinds of examples of trial and hardship.

There's something about the vantage point of our own wounds, afflictions and diseases where, after God's healing for us, it can flow to others. Through our own wounds, our own stripes, there's healing for others.

In this way, the Christian always stays under the cross of Christ Jesus.

G. Mark Sumpter