OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-22/08/2016-HEALED THROUGH OBEDIENCE-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
HEALED THROUGH OBEDIENCE
Memorise
His mother saith unto the savants, whatever he saith unto you do it.
John 2:5
Read
2nd Kings 5:9-14,
9 So Naaman came with
his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a
messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy
flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was wroth,
and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and
stand, and call on the name of the Lord his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 Are not Abana and
Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not
wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came
near, and spake unto him, and said, my father, if the prophet had bid thee do
some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he
saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and
dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of
God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was
clean.
KJV
MESSAGE
Every genuine
child of God has a covenant right of divine health amongst other things. When I
became born again, I did not believe in divine healing and I used to say that
those pastors preaching about divine healing were looking for whom to kill. It
was the testimony of an old man who shared how he challenged the devil who was
mocking him in his sickness that made me to believe that divine healing is
possible. In Exodus 15:26, God said:
“I am the Lord that healeth thee”.
The one
asking you not to fear is the original physician. The storms of sicknesses and
disease are much more dangerous than any other form of attack against humanity.
Diseases and sicknesses have different durations in the human body. There are
some that last a few days and there are some that last for years. God’s
ultimate plan for His children is to live a life that is not afflicted with
sickness. He is interested in our wellbeing. Healing is possible and it can be
obtained through faith and in obedience to the Word of God.
When one is
suffering from one form of sickness or the other, it affects other things. It
drains the finances of its victim and causes stagnation. There are many
colourful dreams that have been aborted as a result of sickness. There are many
wealthy people who have become poor because a sickness drained their finances.
The anointing of Jesus Christ is to destroy all that God has not planted in
your life. Jesus came to destroy the yoke of sickness and this is why I want
you to know that your case is not impossible with Jesus. However, there are
certain instructions that you may have to work with if you want your miracle to
be permanent.
Our Bible
passage reveals that story of the Syrian army officer who was highly ranked but
was suffering from a particular sickness. The man of God asked him to go and
wash in the Jordan River seven times for him to be healed of his sickness. It
took the intervention of a God-sent messenger for his to access his miracles.
He would have lost the miracle of healing that he had been longing for. He saw
the instruction as ridiculous. I have seen over and over again that
instructions that look very simple are always ignored by people, yet, it is the
secret required for their breakthrough. The officer though the river was too
dirty for him and he began to list many exclusive rivers, but the man of God
was specific about the river and the number of times he had to enter the river.
Obedience to
the instruction of God is very crucial to the release of our miracles in life.
This man dipped himself into the Jordan River six times and nothing happened.
It wasn’t until he entered the seventh time that his skin became changed and he
received his healing. He dipped himself into the river and his flesh became
like that of a baby.
Why are you
still in that problem? Could it be that there are certain instructions given to
you and you have not obeyed or your obedience has not been complete? You need
to check yourself. The miracle you need is right beside you; just do what Jesus
has asked of you and you will see your miracle being delivered without further
delay.
Prayer Point
Father, remove every
self-inflicted hindrance to my miracle in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Isaiah 45:14-48:22,
Psalms 39
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