Jehovah Rapha

God wants to be glorified in our lives. He created us for His Glory and He loves His creation; He loves each of us. Essential to our ability to glorify God is our knowledge of God; to know Him personally. Psalm 138 speaks of praising the name of God.

God looks for the praises of His people. God wants the sacrifice of praise. We are to praise His Holy name. When we praise God in our prayers and songs we feel His presence and He empowers our worship.

God’s many names in scripture are given for very specific reasons. God’s names, as revealed in The Word, declare much about His person, His true nature.
Jehovah is the “I Am”. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His existence is changeless. (Exodus 3:14)

Many names are used to describe God. One name used is Jehovah Rapha. Jehova Rapha is The God that Healeth; The Lord, I am your healer. It literally means, “The Lord who makes bitter things sweet”

I have been reading God’s healing scriptures. I am praying His healing scriptures back to Him in my prayers for a friend of my daughter Erica. KK is a young mother with a brain tumor. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor. This special young woman trusts the Lord, feels our prayers, and feels God’s presence in her life. God is using her Christian family and friends to physically pray for her and spiritually keep her spirits lifted. As the family of God we need each other. Because of the suffering which Erica has experienced, God has been able to grow her into a wonderful woman of God. She has sought Him and now He can use her to pass on His love, hope, and comfort to others. She is His vessel and He is using her where He has placed her. God puts certain people in our path so that we can help one another and we can radiate His presence.

I can remember feeling so very alone during my time of trials. I felt God’s presence but prayed to Him for someone “with skin on” to talk and pray with me. We need Christian friends who are spiritually mature to help us grow in our walks; to help God bring us where He wants us to be. When my friend Heidi was going through her suffering, I could be there with her. We talked and prayed about all she was going through. God could use me in her life because of what He had taught me in my walk; my walk with Him through my pain.

2 Corinthians 1:3 spoke to me personally as I searched for answers. Paul wrote this to the church in Corinth and to all of God’s people. I know you can read it for yourself but I will quote verses 3-7 here. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is the Father who is full of mercy and comfort. He comforts us every time we have trouble, so when others have trouble, we can comfort them with the same comfort God gives us. We share in the many sufferings of Christ. In the same way, much comfort comes to us through Christ. If we have troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation, and if we have comfort, you also have comfort. This helps you to accept patiently the same suffering we have. Our hope for you is strong, knowing that you share in our sufferings and also in the comfort we receive”. When we share in Christ’s suffering we will also share in His glory! That is a wonderful promise!

Today is Ash Wednesday. We start reflecting on Christ’s sacrifice and suffering for our sins, pain, and sicknesses. By His stripes we are healed and our sins are forgiven. As we walk through the 40 days of Lent, we live in anticipation of Easter and The Resurrection. If it weren’t for the Resurrection, we wouldn’t be Christians. Christ was God’s plan for our redemption from the beginning. We see this throughout the Old Testament; read Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22.

God speaks of the power of prayer in James 5: 13-18. James 16 says, “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results”.

Let us, as believers, continue to pray for each other. May God use each of us to His Glory. We are to pray believing that nothing is impossible with God. We are His vessels and my prayer daily is for Him to use me where He needs me.
In my next blog I plan to list some of God’s healing Scriptures.
Jehovah Rapha is The Lord that heals.

Lord, help me to be discerning and obedient.
Lord, I pray for KK’s total and supernatural healing.
Also Lord, I pray for the quick and complete healing of my husband Richard who was painting the roof and fell (on the roof not off the roof) and broke his wrist on Monday.
Lord, you know every need we have and everyone we pray for. We thank you for hearing our prayers and we thank you for answering our prayers.
I praise you, I thank you, and I glorify your Holy Name.
I pray in Jesus’ Precious Name. Amen