Rod Parsley Daily Devotional 30 May 2024, Thursday Message
TOPIC: The Balm in Gilead
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? – Jeremiah 8:22
Looking toward the region of Gilead, a land known for its medicinal ointments to heal wounds, Jeremiah lamented the approaching Chaldean invasion. He cried, “Is there no balm in Gilead?”
Now Jeremiah wondered if the balm was strong enough to heal the putrefying wound of his people’s sins. For the harvest was past. The summer was over. Still they had not turned to God (Jeremiah 8:20).
Isaiah, grieved over the wounding sins of the people, said, Why should you be beaten again, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint (1:5).
What could be done? Punishment did not seem to be the answer. Instead God enlisted mercy.
Lord, thank You there is still a balm in Gilead, which heals the sin-sick soul.
Further Reading
1 Kings 2:1-3:2; Acts 5:1-42
Psalm 125:1-5; Proverbs 16:25
Rodney Lee Parsley is a prominent American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist. He is senior pastor of World Harvest Church, a large nondenominational church in Canal Winchester