Read:
Isaiah 53:1-5
Bible in one year:
Ezekiel 40-41
Psalms 75
Hymn:
Sing hymn 6
The title of today’s devotional requires deep thought. The 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 the 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 sin are
forgiven him. This is why the Psalmist says:
“Blessed is he 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, we can 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 for 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.
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.
1 Peter 2:24
Action Point:
Make sure your salvation is genuine by re-examining yourself to ensure that you have faith in the healing power of Christ.
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