By Revd 'Remi Tejumola
The Bible says about Jesus, "And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea" (Matthew 14:25).
Let me describe what Jesus did here by faith: He walked on the solid ground of the mountain, made tracks on the seashore, and walked on water like He did on the rock. If you checked His feet, they were wet because He walked on water.
The walk on the sea was as a result of Jesus' faith. The withered fig tree was also a result of His faith.
The Word in these two instances were not the miracles, but the things Jesus said afterwards. The Word were the keys or principles that led to those miracles which Jesus taught His disciples at different times in the Gospels. The basic key is faith in God (Mark 11:22). Jesus had it, and exercised it to the fullest.
He said, "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth" (Mark 9:23). If you give much thought to this verse, it would change your life.
A number of years ago, the Lord spoke to Dr. Norvel Hayes, "Teach about what blind Bartimaeus had to do to get Me to heal him." In other words, teach on subjects that are relevant to people's needs. Jesus suffered and died in order to take care of all our needs, spiritual, physical, emotional and material needs. (I don't think people's needs are beyond these areas).
The Bible says, "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified" (Isaiah 61:1-3).
These are the areas the provisions of Jesus sacrifice covered for all human beings. Also check out Isaiah 53, and you will discover a lot more truths.
Till next posting, God bless.
Artwork Credit: Alexandre Bida, WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
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