Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

Jehovah Rapha is the Lord that heals.

Yes He is but does He always? No. Once again to have a proper understanding of how God interacts with us in this area, we need to consider all that God is in personality and character. The first thing I would point out here to clarify this scripture, if, that dreaded word if. If makes this a conditional promise of God to a people who continually, generation after generation, failed to do what they were asked to do.

Does God still heal today? Yes. Does He heal all His people? No. Why can only be seen in who God is in personality and character. God’s first and foremost will is to save the lost. How can a sick or dying Christian bring glory to God and be a witness to the lost? I have seen it over and over again throughout my life. I have been part of it in many a hospital visit. I have heard it in the actions of those dying of cancer as they witness to other cancer patients who have given up hope.

Death is not the end of us. Yes it is sad. Yes it is tragic. Yes people are hurt, lonely and scared. Those people need God more than ever and some will only see Him for the first time in their lives because of death. It took the death of my father for me to turn around and find God. I know what it means.

Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Jehovahjireh; the Lord will provide.

Here once again, if we only look at the words and ignore the circumstance, we miss that connection between who God is and what God does. Does God just provide everything? No, of course not, He does not provide for our wants and desires because most of those are not good for us. So let us look at what God provides in this declaration by Abraham who named this interaction with God.

It shall be seen in the mount. What mount? Mount Moriah which is in this day and time the Temple Mount. What was done there? God asked for a human sacrifice and Abraham took Isaac his beloved son.

Then God stayed Abraham’s hand and provided an acceptable substitute. The point of the provision is God’s sacrificial surrogate. The ram on the mount, the perfect spotless heifer on Temple Mount, Jesus Christ on the cross.

What would be the point in God’s provisions to a lost and dying world without the propitiation offered unto us through Jesus Christ? None, it would be a terrible waste. The issue of provision is meaningless without acceptance of the sacrifice that God offered to us through His Son Jesus Christ.

We have this life because of Christ. Provisions without life is meaningless. We as weak humans often look around at the bounty we have and praise God for them without considering that they are meaningless without Him.

What kind of man buys a thirty room mansion who is alone in the world? He has no one to share it with.

John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.