Women In Discipleship
Weekly Devotionals for 2009
TO BEAR HIS NAME Weekly Insights into the Names of God
(Taken from the To Bear HIs Name Study by Sandra J. Mikler Davis)
Week Two - JEHOVAH ROPHE (RAPHA) -- The LORD Who Heals
Last week we quoted Exodus 15:22-26, where Moses cried out to the LORD because of the grumblings of the people. Their question was, “What are we to drink?” The LORD answered Moses with a show of Power. He sweetened the water at Marah through a piece of wood.
Then Moses cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. Exodus 15:25
Moses heard the distress of the people, and realized that this place had “bad water”. This must have discouraged the people, who had never been in need of clean water before. The journey through the desert was surely hot and tiring. And Moses, being their leader, recognized the need and ran to the One who could solve this problem. Moses listened and immediately obeyed what the LORD instructed him to do.
APPLICATION:
- Am I in distress today?
- Will I be like Moses, and go straight to the LORD for His answer?
- What might the LORD be asking me to do today to receive healing?
Sandra Davis, for the team at Women in Discipleship (sm)
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