Wednesday Reflection, December 15, 2021

Wednesday Reflection, December 15, 2021

Jehovah Rapha

For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, your wound is grievous. For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal.
Jeremiah 30:12,17.

Good day friends. Have you ever seen an elderly person behaving in a manner that makes you wonder about their sanity and self respect? Or considered those people who spend most of their time in the gambling houses losing more than they win? Does it bother you when you see young men and women seemingly wasting away, giving in to partying and what would appear to be an incessant urge to drink and/smoke?

I have often pondered the logics of life and it bothers me that after trying and participating in so many things, there are still persons who are still seeking to fulfill the desires of the flesh. Some have been bound by habbits they can’t seem to break and life for many seems a constant up hill.

In today’s watchword, the Lord spoke to a similar set of people. They had dabbled in sin and walked in disobedience for so long that God had to address their unhealthy state.

Through the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord told the people that there was no cure among men for thehr diseases, they were gravely ill, those who loved them had forsaken them. He explained that because of the magnitude of their sins, the consequences would also be great.

All these,the Lord allowed to happen however, He promised to restore their health and to heal their wounds so that they would know and remember that He was their God.

Friends, what a sad state to be in. A state of illness with no medicine, doctors or loved ones to offer care or support. Imagine all the people I spoke of earlier, imagine you and I as sinful men and women before we became saved by grace.

As we seek God on our own behalf, may we seek Him for those still hurting, aching for a cure. Those who have not yet realized that Jesus is the answer. Today’s doctrinal text from 1 Peter 2:24 reminds us, ‘by his wounds you have been healed’

Brothers and sisters, let us continue to pray for the healing of others as we pray also for ourselves.
Amen

Kerone Lamoth