Thursday | 04 June 2026
Depression associated with despising is anger. It is an expression of anger on account of unfulfilled expectations sourced from the law of our mind. The Scriptures refer to these unfulfilled expectations as ‘hope deferred’. Anger, resulting from our thwarted expectations, leads to the dystrophy or sickness of a person’s spirit. Detailing these principles, Solomon wrote, ‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes [or true hope is realised], it is a tree of life’. Pro 13:12. Furthermore, he observed, ‘The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?’ Pro 18:14.
A person who has a broken spirit can only find healing and recovery through the sevenfold Spirit of God given from the Father. This grace is ministered to a son of God as they receive and walk in the word of the Father that is ministered by Christ’s messengers. Joh 13:20. As a messenger himself, Paul prayed for his hearers to receive this ministry, testifying, ‘For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.’ Eph 3:14‑17.
Our ‘inner man’ refers to our spirit and soul. A hearer’s inner man is healed and strengthened through the ministry of the sevenfold Spirit of the Lord from the Father because they are being delivered from living according to the other law as it is expressed through the law of their mind. This deliverance from the other law, which brings us into bondage to sin, is through Jesus Christ, who revealed the Father. Highlighting this point, Matthew recounted, ‘He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses”.’ Mat 8:16‑17.
Further Study:
Ephesians 3
References:
Pro 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Pro 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?
Joh 13:20
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Eph 3:14-17
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
Mat 8:16-17
When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.’