Healing God's Way: What It Really Means to Surrender and Restore the Whole Self

I used to believe healing was something I could achieve—if I just found the right diet, took the right supplements, or followed the perfect plan. I thought if I pushed hard enough, performed well enough, and proved I was doing everything right, maybe I would finally feel whole again.

But the more I chased healing, the more disconnected I became—from my body, my peace, and God.

It wasn’t until everything stopped—my health, my memory, my plans—that I finally learned: true healing begins when we surrender.
Not just surrendering the illness, the fatigue, or the anxiety—but surrendering the belief that we can save ourselves through striving.

The World’s Definition of Healing vs. God’s Way

The world tells us that healing is about control.
Control your diet. Control your body. Control your symptoms. Fix your life.

But healing God’s way is different. It’s rooted in restoration, not perfection. In wholeness, not performance.
It’s about returning to the design God originally created for us—to be well in mind, body, and spirit.

The more I tried to heal through the world’s ways—biohacking, over-researching, self-shaming—the further I got from peace. And the more I turned back to God—through stillness, prayer, and reverence for how He made my body—the more my soul began to breathe again.

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2

Surrender as the First Step

Surrender isn’t weakness. It’s trust.
It’s the quiet, brave decision to stop clenching and start releasing.
To stop chasing and start receiving.

When I finally let go of control, I was able to ask a different question—not “How can I fix this?” but “God, what are You trying to show me through this?”
That’s where healing began.
In the pause.
In the letting go.
In the permission to just be held.

For many of us, especially those with trauma, striving becomes survival. Control becomes our safety. But God invites us into a different way:

“Be still and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

Not hustle. Not push. Not prove.
Be still.
That’s the first medicine.

🕊 Pause + Reflect:
Lord, what am I still trying to carry on my own? What would it feel like to release it into Your hands today?

The Role of the Body in Spiritual Healing

God didn’t make a mistake when He designed our bodies.
He made them wise, intuitive, and deeply connected to our spirit.

Symptoms are not punishments—they’re invitations.
Your fatigue, pain, inflammation, anxiety—they might be your body crying out for what your spirit already knows: that something deeper needs tending.

God made your body to speak. The question is—are we listening?

When we are disconnected from God, from rest, from truth, our nervous system stays stuck in survival mode. We become hypervigilant, exhausted, inflamed, or numb.
But when we begin to re-regulate our nervous system through spiritual rest and embodied healing, we return to God’s rhythm—a rhythm of peace, presence, and restoration.

✨ Try This:
Take a few deep, slow breaths.
Inhale: Come to Me, all who are weary
Exhale: And I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)
Let your body receive the Word, not just your mind.

Integrating Spiritual and Practical Tools

Healing isn’t either spiritual or physical.
It’s both.
God created herbs. He created food. He created breath, community, tears, and stillness. These are all part of His medicine.

That’s why I don’t separate my faith from my wellness practice.
When I coach women, I bring it all—faith, food, nervous system healing, breathwork, prayer, and compassionate support.
Because healing isn’t just about your body. It’s about your whole story.

It’s about coming back home—to the One who made you, and to the truth that you were never broken to begin with.

What Surrendered Healing Looks Like

Healing God’s way is quiet.
It’s not flashy or Instagram-worthy. It’s raw and holy.

It looks like choosing rest when the world tells you to grind.
It looks like nourishing your body instead of punishing it.
It looks like laying in bed crying with a Bible on your chest instead of pushing through the pain.
It looks like forgiving yourself.
It looks like trusting that healing doesn’t have to look linear—it just has to be real.

And most of all, it looks like inviting God into every moment of it. Not as a last resort—but as the foundation.

An Invitation to Begin Again

If you’ve been searching for healing through striving, through forcing, through fixing—I see you.
And I want you to know there is another way.

You don’t have to carry it all.
You don’t have to do it alone.
You don’t have to be perfect to be made whole.

You can start again today—by being still. By surrendering. By letting God meet you right where you are.

🕊 Prayer for the Reader:
Lord, help me release what I’ve been trying to hold together in my own strength.
Teach me to trust Your design for healing.
Help me rest in Your presence, receive Your truth, and honor the body You gave me.
Restore what’s been broken.
Make me whole again—not just in body, but in spirit.
Amen.