Sozo Was More Than Just So-So
9/18/2009
By Josh Haas, Congregational Care Pastor It is amazing to realize the baggage that each of us carry that can mess up our views of God. I found that out first hand at a recent event held at our church. On August 14-15 Bethel Church in Redding, California sent a team to our church with the goal of introducing us to a ministry called Sozo. Sozo is an inner healing and deliverance ministry that helps expose and heal some of our wounds from the past that keep us from having a pure relationship with God. In my personal experience, I was stunned when I realized that wounds from my past had caused me to not trust that God had my best interests in mind. I have spent a good deal of my life trying to figure things out for myself without actually spending much time in prayer trying to find out what God thought. It wasn’t that I didn’t think God would talk to me. I figured that He would. The problem was that I didn’t trust what He would have to say. I had a lie in my heart that said God wouldn’t always tell me what was best for me. Keep in mind that I knew in my head that God always knows what is best for me but in my heart, I didn’t behave that way. Sozo exposed that lie and allowed me to gain truth in my heart. It was more that just a good argument against my mistrust of God. It was God himself talking to me and putting the truth into my heart. I now feel a greater freedom to communicate with God and trust that He has answers for me that are in my best interest. The most exciting part is that Sozo is something that we are bringing to our church as a permanent ministry. We will spend several months practicing and training to use the techniques and then we plan to open the ministry to the general public. I eagerly anticipate the freedom that even more people can experience from this ministry.
