I Am the Lord Who Heals You!

"I Am The Lord Who Heals You!" (1)

Israel had escaped from their Egyptian oppressors at the Red Sea. "So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah." (2) The Lord provided for the bitter waters at Marah to be made sweet for His people.

At Marah, the Lord also "made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them, and said, '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.'" (3)

"I am the Lord, who heals you." Wow, how does He do that? Well, let me start by referring you to an excellent book written by Rex Russell, M.D., "What The Bible Says About Healthy Living." Dr. Russell suffered from an extreme case of diabetes and shares his experience of healing from his study of the Lord's instructions to the Israelites, and from his study of medicine and science. Dr. Russell's studies led him to three simple principles, which if followed, "a multitude of otherwise confusing decisions about health and diet can be simplified. And you'll be healthier for it!"

The Lord's promise for healing is conditional. It's based on His instructions to His people and His laws. Dr. Russell explains God's laws and statutes relating to health in detail and the science behind them.

Who is this Lord who heals us? Paul shed light on the subject when he wrote, "Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea. All ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ." (4)

What was the "spiritual food" and "spiritual drink" referred to by Paul?

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." (5) "Jesus answered and said to her, 'Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.' " (6)

"Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." (7) "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." (8)

"And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." (9)

What else does the Lord do for us? (To be continued)

1. Exodus 15:26.
2. Exodus 15:22, 23.
3. Exodus 15:25, 26.
4. 1 Corinthians 10:1, 3-4.
5. Matthew 4:4.
6. John 4:13.
7. John 6:32, 33.
8. John 6:35.
9. John 6:40.