A Prayer for Healing and Deliverance
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise (Jeremiah 17: 14 NKJV).
After a time of prayer this morning God led me to this verse. In the NKJ study bible I use, this verse was followed by the following study notes:
“7:14 save, yasha. To rescue, save, defend, free, preserve, help. The verb, found more than 200 times in the OT, is a one-word description of God’s response to the needs of humanity. God chose a form of this verb to be His Son’s name: Yeshua, meaning “He Shall Save”. The original thought of yasha was “to release, to open wide”. Our Deliverer is the One who opened wide the gates of captivity, released and rescued us, and continually defends and preserves us.”
Isaiah predicted this role for Jesus when he wrote this about the coming Messiah:
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor, He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound . . . to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion. To give them ashes for beauty, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He may be glorified” (Isaiah 61: 2, 3 NKJV).
Jesus acknowledged the purpose the Father gave Him, the meaning of His name, and the mission of His ministry when He repeated the prophesy of Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth at the start of His earthly ministry:
“And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4: 17 – 19 NKJV).
Could God make it more clear! He has sent His Son to heal us spiritually, emotionally, and physically. To set us free from bondage to the darkness of disease, depression, deprivation, and despair. He is the God who heals, who comforts, strengthens, and sustains. Jesus came to preach the gospel: the good news of the Kingdom of God. Men and women on the Kingdom way, cry out to the Triune God for all your needs. He is our praise! Hallelujah.
In faith in His goodness and power,
John