OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-07/10/2016-THE LORD; MY HEALER-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
THE LORD; MY HEALER
Memorise
Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1st
Peter 2:24
Read
Isaiah
53:1-5
1Who hath believed our report?
And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no
beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried
our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
KJV
MESSAGE
The title of today’s devotional requires
deep thought. The Lord is asking us to personalise this truth today? The reason
is not far-fetched; the healing virtue of Jesus Christ is very potent and
available for you.
In today’s Bible readings, we are reassured
that Jesus Christ is the Ultimate Healer because He paid for our healing with
His Blood. Apart from reassuring us, the Bible passage also draws our attention
to some other truths; not believing that God heals His ailing people is an
ancient unbelief that is meant to subject humans to perpetual suffering. In the
book of Numbers 21:6-9, the
serpents sent to the Israelites as a result of their sins had bitten them, God
then directed Moses to make and lift up a serpent for whoever was bitten to
look upon for healing; as many as looked lived. This is type of healing God
provides through our Lord Jesus Christ. In John 3:14-15, Jesus Christ said:
“And as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
The power and secret of sickness and
diseases which ultimately leads to death is hidden in sin. This is the reason
why Jesus Christ often first of all attacked sin in the lives of the people He
thereafter healed (Matthew 9:2-6).
Healing is easily procured when the sick’s sins are forgiven him. This is
why the Psalmist says:
“Blessed is the man
whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
Psalms 32:1
He is our unfailing Healer because He paid
the dues for our healing, in that He atoned for the cause of sicknesses and
diseases (Matthew 26:28).
To access divine healing, therefore, we must
have a covenant relationship with the Healer, because by His stripes only, can
we be healed. In other words, by the atonement of Jesus Christ, our healing is
forever settled. To have a covenant relationship with the Healer, therefore, we
must respond to His call to repentance, and surrender the totality of our lives
for Him to control. The body that has been dedicated to Jesus Christ shall be
spared the sicknesses that make people miserable. When we give our lives to
Christ, the next thing to do is to graduate to the level of belief that,
henceforth, Jesus Christ will be our Healer. We now become candidates for
divine healing and we can graduate to the level of enjoying divine
health.
Action Point
Make sure your
salvation is genuine by re-examining yourself to ensure that you have faith in
the healing power of Christ.
Bible in one year
Ezekiel 40:41, Psalms
75
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