OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-16/04/2016-LET GOD HELP YOU II-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
LET GOD HELP YOU II
Memorise
And as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up. John 3:14
Read
Numbers 21:7-9,
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said,
we have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord,
and against thee; pray unto the Lord,
that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And
the Lord said unto Moses, Make
thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that
every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And
Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass,
that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.
KJV
MESSAGE
The coming of sin into the human race brought
about a lot of calamity into human life. One of the calamities is sickness. As
sin can be very contagious in effect, so can sickness too. The good news,
however, is that the Almighty God is also ready to help the human race get over
this. He promised the people He chose for Himself through their progenitor,
Abraham, that He would spare them the agony of sickness and diseases:
“And the Lord will
take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of
Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all that hate
thee.”
Deuteronomy 7:15
From time to time, the devil causes man to
sin against God so that he may be destroyed by the One who created him, thus
frustrating the divine love which God bestowed upon humankind. As if this is
not enough, the devil goes ahead to deceive man not to accept the divine help
that can rescue him from all his diseases. In the story we read in the Bible
reading for today, the children of Israel sinned against the God of their
fathers and God sent fiery serpents to kill them. After much plea by Moses, God
decided to help them.
It is unfortunate that many refused to look
and live when they were bitten by the fiery serpent. They did not allow God to
help them (1st Corinthians
10:9). Jesus said, just as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness
and those who looked up to it were healed, so also whoever will allow God to
help him will look up to Jesus for healing (John 3:14). The reason is that He
came to pay for the sin of humanity and so, by His stripes we were healed (1st Peter 2:24). Beloved,
what infirmities are you suffering from? Have you tired and suffered by the
hands of physicians like the woman with the issue of blood? Come believing the
Great Physician today. Jesus Christ will heal you as He did to the impotent man
at Bethesda (John 5:1-9). For
you to enjoy divine healing, however, you must belong to the Great Physician.
The food meant for children cannot be given to dogs or slaves (Mark 7:26-30). Allow the Great
Physician to help you today.
Prayer Point
Father, please heal my
infirmities today in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
2nd Samuel
8:15-11:27, Proverbs 11:4-17
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