The Names of God: Jehovah Rapha
Meg Chaney
Jehovah Rapha: The Lord is our HEALER
“I will exalt You, Lord, because You have lifted me up and have not allowed my enemies to triumph over me. Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me”
Our verses for this week remind us of the LORD’s healing. Honestly, I have things in my life that I prayed for years upon years for. So long, in fact, that I think I almost forget. I almost forget just how big a God we serve. Like Sarah, when she hears that she will be a mother in her old age, I laugh, doubting that the Lord will provide. But then He does. Maybe not in the way I would expect, or the timing. In fact, sometimes, it’s only in looking back the I recognize the real hand that held me through it all. But that’s the amazing thing about God. He sees us in our brokenness. He is healing in big ways and small. And so, I hope you’re encouraged by these verses. Come with your brokenness, come with your pieces, believe, once again, that we serve a God who heals. A God who healed the lame, healed the blind, and even brought the dead back to life. He’s still very real, very present. He’s our healer, dwell on that fact this week.
A prayer for you today: Lord, we come to You broken, in need of healing. You remind us, time and again, that You are a God of healing. So, we take all of our disappointments, our canceled plans, our worries, our physical illnesses and we lay them at Your feet. Today, remind us of how powerful You are as our HEALER.