In the book of Numbers 21:7-9, many of the children of Israel were killed by fiery serpents that invaded their camp. Moses prayed to God for mercy and God instructed him to make a serpent of brass and set it upon a pole, and if anyone who was bitten by a fiery serpent looked upon this brazen serpent, he was healed and didn’t die. In the New Testament, the Lord Jesus likened Himself to this serpent Moses lifted up on the pole in the wilderness (John 3:14).
Are you sick in your body? Have you given up hope of ever being healed? God is more willing to heal you than you are willing to be healed (Acts 10:38). He’s touched with the feeling of your infirmities, but first, you have to make up your mind for something: you must accept and receive the Healer. The Giver of the gift is more important than the gift He gives!
The next thing is to have faith in His Word. The Amplified translation of Hebrews 12:2 says, “Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus…” It says to look away from your problem, it could distract you. Look away from your pains; look away from that growth; look away from the doctor’s report; look away from the sore and everything around you. Fix your gaze on the Healer and His Word to you and you shall live, Hallelujah!
