In the last 2 and a half weeks, I have had a two root canals, the first ever for me and God has taught me through the experience. The first root canal was right before I helped out teaching inner healing for a week in the DTS (Discipleship Training School) and then the second one the Monday after the week finished.
As I was sitting in the dentist chair for my first root canal, I cried out to God and asked what was happening to my teeth. As I was praying, I feel in my heart His answer, what is happening in the physical to you right now is what I am going to do in the lives of the students next week and what I want to do more in your life.
A root canal is done because the nerve of the tooth is infected and is dying, and causes a lot of pain in the persons mouth when doing normal things like eating. First the dentist needs to drill through the filling and then file down into my tooth to the nerve, pull out the nerve and then clean the area. The dentist then places the empty space with a plastic filling, where the nerve used to live. Then they cover up the tooth with a crown that protects my tooth.
God opened my eyes to the parallel of what He desires to do in me. There are lies deeply planted in my heart, that I have chosen to believe at one point in my lie instead of believing God's truth. When I chose to believe a lie instead of God's truth, it leads to pain and suffering (consequences of sin in Gen 2). As I feel pain, I need to identify what is causing the pain and a dentist (God) is needed to help discern what is happening. Then I allow God (dentist) to drill in deep through barriers of pride and earthly wisdom or reasoning to reveal the lie (nerve) that needs to be pulled out and replaced. After the lie is identified, I need God to clean out my heart so that the ground can be clean. God replaces the emptiness with His truth (plastic filling) that lasts forever and will never again cause me pain. And then God continues to provide His word to cover and protect the truth deep in my heart.
I was able to use this analogy to better explain what God does and desires for inner healing. It was a great example for the students to understand the concept of pulling out lies they are believing and replacing the emptiness with God's truth. Through all the pain and work that was done, God revealed in a deeper way His process of inner healing.
Above: The root canal specialist that did my infected back bottom molar and his assistant.
Below: The amazing staff at Costa Rica Dental Clinic Lab!
Left to Right: Dr. Roberto (did my first root canal), his assistant, Me and Fran (did my two crowns).
Dan and I in the dentist office, with BIG SMILES after all the work was done on my mouth!
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