TEXT: Jeremiah 17:14
PREACHER: Pastor Bodunrin Timothy
Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me lord and I will be healed, save me and I will be saved; for you are the one I praise [NIV]
Prophet Jeremiah praises God by acknowledging his goodness and mercy even in difficult times. He praises God as the great physicians.
Some striking things about Jeremiah is
His commitment to praising God regardless his circumstances
His dependence and trust in God’s healing power.
In Jeremiah 8:22. Jeremiah asked a provoking question, is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician………
Jeremiah 8:22
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jesus is the fulfillment of that prophecy. He introduced himself as the great physician (Matthew 9:10-13)
Matthew 9:10-13
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Jesus is the great physician. Until you accept him, you don’t enjoy divine health. You can’t miss your health if you take his prescription. (Mathew 11:28 come unto me all you that labour…)
Mathew 11:28
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
When you come to Jesus, health becomes yours because it is part of your redemptive right. (1 John 4:17)
1 John 4:17
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Every born again child of God has a covenant of divine health with the father Jesus made provision for your health [Exo 15:26]