Show and Do

Are you sick in spirit, soul, or body? If so, consider how Jehovah-Rapha worked in Moses’ life.

Israel had been three days in the wilderness after escaping Egyptian slavery when they arrived at the undrinkable waters of Marah. What did Moses do? He cried out to Jehovah-Rapha, which means healer. Moses then did what the Lord told him to do and the water became sweet.

Exodus 15:26 records God’s words. “‘If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.’”

This brings us to a question. Have we cried out to Jehovah-Rapha and done what He has shown us? His message was clear. “If you do” means our actions have a consequence.

“If you give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord our God” emphasizes the importance of paying attention to what God tells us.

“And do what is right.” Moses had to do what God told him.

“In His sight” means God watches to see if we obey Him.

“And give ear to His commandments…” Are we listening to Jehovah-Rapha?

God is our healer. Are we crying out to Him? Are we doing what He tells us?

JEHOVAH-RAPHA, Lord our Healer, we praise You for the complete healing You’ll give us in heaven. In the meantime, help us increasingly listen and obey you.

In addition to today’s key verse, John 5 also depicts Jesus’ healing power and the importance of obedience. Jesus healed a man who had been disabled for 38 years and commanded him to stop sinning, warning that something worse may happen to the man if he continued. To watch all of Debbie’s teaching on John 5, click HERE or listen to it HERE.