REBUKE THE FEVER
SATURDAY 04 DECEMBER 2021
Jesus went about doing good and healing all that were diseased and oppressed. The multitude were all amazed, and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word is this! for with authority and power He commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out." For this reason, His fame went out into every place of the country round about.

Reference: Luke 4:39 King James Version (KJV) "And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them."
Jesus operated by the love of God and spread the same love to all the people who sought help from Him and the multitude who listened to His teachings. On one occasion, as He arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house, whose wife's mother was taken with a great fever, Jesus rebuked the fever, and instantly, it left her. Interestingly, the old lady got up at once and began to serve everyone on-scene.
Although Jesus has ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of the power of God, He didn't leave us powerless. Luke 10:19 reads, "Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you" (NLT). Guess what? As a child of God, you've been endued with authority from Christ Himself to rebuke a fever and to do even greater works (John 14:12 NLT). Fever and all manner of sicknesses and diseases that have a name are in trouble, when they face us or when we come in contact with people that are afflicted with them, because the healing power of God flows in us and through us. So when we rebuke the fever, it pays prompt attention and vacates the sick body.
1 Corinthians 3:9 (AMP) says, "For we are God's fellow workers [His servants working together]; you are God's cultivated field [His garden, His vineyard], God's building." In the context of today's topic, put in another expression, we are God's outstretched arm or hand, positioned to reach out to the sick and transfer His healing power into their bodies to restore their health and make them whole. That means, people can experience God's love to the fullest through us. Why? This is because God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ. No wonder Paul penned in Ephesians 1:3 (NLT) saying, "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ."
God purposefully loaded us with spiritual blessings and placed us in our specific world, both locally and globally, to be a special blessing to others. Our purpose is to move and go on account of the Gospel, not just to preach the Word, but to act in love by healing the diseased and liberating the oppressed, thereby reflecting the love of our Lord Jesus Christ in our area of influence and activity. The Bible says, "And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover" (Mark 16:15 NKJV).
Beloved, the above signs have nothing to do with natural talents and abilities, rather it has everything to do with our belief system. Once we believe and function accordingly and diligently, with power vested in the name of Jesus, which is above every other name, we are able to become a channel of love, hope, healing, deliverance, restoration and encouragement to the needy, the sick, the diseased, the depressed, the burdened and the oppressed, as we reach out to them. Shalom!
Scripture Reading - Matthew 8:14-15; Mark 1:30-31; John 4:46-52; Acts 28:7-8.
Guided Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, Your Word says that I shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover at the mention of the powerful name of Jesus, regardless of their medical condition coupled with any affliction indicating different stages of illness. Therefore I function daily in the office of divine healing, in confirmation of the Word. Thus through the prayer of faith, I extend your healing compassion and kindness to the sick, thereby banishing fever, disease and disorder of any kind and trusting you, the living and true God alone, for their speedy recovery and restoration of health by your miraculous power in Jesus' Name, Amen!

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