Saturday November 04th, 2023
« He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds you are healed »
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
The advent of sin into the human race brought a lot of calamities into the world, chief among which is sickness.
The good news, however, is that the Almighty God is also ready to help the human race to get over this. Deuteronomy 7:15 GWT says
« The LORD will keep you from having any kind of illness. He will not strike you with any of the terrible diseases you experienced in Egypt. Instead, He will strike all those who hate you »
In our Bible reading today, the children of Israel sinned against the Lord and He sent fiery serpents to kill them.
After much pleading by Moses their leader, God decided to help them. Numbers 21:8 NLT says
« Then the LORD told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!” »
Unfortunately, some people refused to look and live that day.
The Bible says further neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents (1 Corinthians 10:9).
Jesus said that, just as Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness and all who looked up at it were healed, so also would He save all those who would look up to Him (John 3:14).
Jesus has already made provision for our healing through His stripes (1 Peter 2:24) if we look up to Him.
Beloved, what infirmities are you suffering from? Have you suffered by the hands of physicians to no avail, like the woman with the issue of blood (Matthew 9:20-22)?
Put your faith in Jesus Christ today.
He is the Great Physician and will heal you as He did the impotent man at the pool of Bethesda (John 5:1-9)
To enjoy divine healing, however, you must belong to the Great Physician.
The food meant for children cannot be given to dogs or slaves according to Mark 7:26-30.
Surrender your life in totality to the Lord Jesus Christ today and He will prove to you that He is indeed the Great Physician.
Prayer focus: Father, You are the Great Physician. Please heal all my infirmities today, in Jesus name.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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