(You’ve Been Made Whole And Delivered From Pitfalls)
Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Monday, July 22nd 2024
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD
TO THE BIBLE:
Psalm 107:20
“He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
LET’S TALK
The Hebrew word translated “healed” is “râphâh”; it means to mend, to cure, to heal, repair, or thoroughly make whole. This is what the Word does in your life; it rids you of all kinds of sicknesses, diseases, and infirmities; it has curative ability.
You can use the Word to keep your body in divine health. Proverbs 4:20-22 says, “My son, attend to my words…they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” So the Word produces health in your physical body.
“Râphâh” also means physician. It brings to mind God’s promise of healing and blessings as the Israelites journeyed in the wilderness after their deliverance from Egypt: “…If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26).
The word “heals” is the same word “râphâh”; thus, the underlined portion can also be translated, “I am the Lord, your physician”; that’s where you get the name “Jehovah Raphah,” which means “Lord, your physician.” So, He was their physician.
Secondly, the word translated “destructions” in the same opening verse is the Hebrew “shechîyth”; it means pitfalls. Pitfalls are sudden, unforeseen troubles. So, a pitfall could be a sudden loss of money or even the loss of a job, life savings, assets, properties etc., as a result of a particular course of action or policies. But thanks be to God! He’s able to deliver from pitfalls, from sudden unforeseen difficulty, calamity or quagmire. Glory to His Name forever.
GO DEEPER
Psalm 27:1-3
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Isaiah 54:17 AMPC
But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
PRAY
Dear Father, I’m confident in the ability of your Word to deliver me from pitfalls, to cause health, wholeness and strength to well up in my body, and to make me walk in unending prosperity. Through the Word, I’m guided to navigate life triumphantly. I’m like a tree by the streams, bearing fruits unto righteousness, never failing, but always victorious, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
Acts 27:27-44, Psalms 23-25
TWO YEAR
Luke 10:10-24, Joshua 19
ACT
Thank the Lord for His Word that causes health in your body every time you meditate on it and for saving you from unforeseen circumstances and pitfalls.
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Hello Beloved.
Have a blessed today!
