RHAPSODY OF REALITIES FOR TODAY.
Rhapsody of Realities daily devotional by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome for today is here. Read this devotional to improve your relationship with God, enrich your faith, and increase in knowledge of the Word.
The Topic of Rhapsody of Realities for Friday 4th August 2023 is
“Made Whole and Delivered from Pitfalls”.
Today’s Scripture: Psalm 107:20
He sent
his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES
DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST 2023.
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 thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and
wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon
thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth
thee” (Exodus 15:26).
The
word “healeth” 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 unto God! He’s able to deliver from pitfalls, from
sudden unforeseen difficulty, calamity or quagmire. Blessed be His Name
forever.
PRAYER
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.
FURTHER STUDY
Psalm 27:1-3;
1 The Lord is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread?
The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall
I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to
eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though
war arise against me, [even then] in this will I be confident.
Isaiah 54:17 AMPC;
7 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
16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in
your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness,
as you teach and admonish and train one another in all
insight and intelligence and wisdom [in
spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making
melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Romans 8:1-17 & Psalms 68-69
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Luke 13:1-9 & Judges 10
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