For 40 days and nights, it rained so hard
that the whole world perished, except for Noah and those who were with him in
the ark. At the end of 150 days, on the 17th day of the seventh month, the ark
rested on the mountains of Ararat.
In Hebrew, the word “Ararat” means “the curse
is reversed.” The waters of judgment receded, causing the ark to rest on the
mountains of Ararat, on new ground where the curse is reversed. And it happened
on the 17th day of the seventh month on the Feast of Firstfruits—the exact date
that Jesus rose from the dead 4,000 years later!
When Christ rose from the dead, we were
raised together with Him (see Colossians 2:12). We who are in Christ our true
ark stand on resurrection ground where the curse has been reversed (see
Galatians 3:13), where diseases, poverty and failures have no right to operate!
A church member shared how God delivered him
from cervical spondylosis, a medical condition which causes the neck section of
the spinal cord to deteriorate. An X-ray taken four to five years back showed
that that area of his spinal cord was deteriorating fast. He was in pain and
had to take medicine to manage the condition. And whenever he had a relapse, he
would get depressed.
During his last relapse, he went to the
doctor, trusting God that he was already healed, had another X-ray taken and
was given some medication. He took the medication, still believing God that he
was healed. The following morning, the pain in his neck was gone and he was
able to turn his head. When he finally collected his X-ray results a week
later, his doctor actually told him that his spinal cord looked better than the
doctor’s own! The doctor was very surprised because patients with this
condition usually don’t get better. God had reversed the curse of cervical
spondylosis for him!
My friend, as a believer, you are on no-curse ground. You stand in the blessings zone where it is very easy for God’s blessings to rain all over you! (Article & Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries used with kind permission).
