Rhapsody of Realities August 18th 2025, IN HIM YOU LIVE

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up (John 3:14).

The Bible tells us in Numbers 21 how the children of Israel, as a result of their rebellion and unbelief, were bitten by venomous serpents and many of them died. As a result, they came to Moses and pleaded with him to pray to the Lord to take away the serpents.

Moses prayed for the people, and God instructed him to make a fiery serpent of bronze and set it on a pole. He told Moses that anyone who had been bitten could look at the bronze serpent to be healed. Moses obeyed God’s command, fashioned the bronze serpent, and raised it on the pole. Whenever anyone who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze serpent, they lived. All they had to do was “look” and they lived.

In John 3:14, Jesus drew a parallel between the bronze serpent that Moses lifted in the wilderness and His own crucifixion. Just as the Israelites were healed from venomous snake bites by looking at the bronze serpent, He indicated that He had to be lifted up on the cross so that all who believed in Him would receive eternal life: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14 NKJV).

The old songwriter, William A. Ogden, captured this truth in the hymn: “Look and live.” Look at Jesus on the Cross taking your place, taking away your sorrow, pain, disappointment, sickness and failure. But beyond the Cross, see that He lives and because He lives, you live. In Him, you have eternal life—the organic and existential attributes of divinity.

The apostle John, by the Spirit, referring to the Lord Jesus, said, “the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us” (1 John 1:2 NKJV). No wonder the Bible says in Acts 17:28, “For in Him we live and move and have our being….” 1 John 5:11-12 NKJV, “And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life….” In Him you have life. Blessed be God!

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for in Christ I live and move and have my being. I fix my gaze on Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith. I walk in the reality of His finished work—triumphing over sickness, failure and death. I have eternal life, and I walk in strength and victory today, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
‭‭Numbers 21:8-9 KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

‭‭Isaiah 45:22 KJV
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.

1 John 5:11-13 NKJV
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may [continue to] believe in the name of the Son of God.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Corinthians 3 & Psalms 109-112

2-Year Bible Reading Plan
Luke 17:11-19 & 1 Samuel 3

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS:

I know who I am, the child of the Monarch of the universe. The peace of God garrisons my heart and mind in Christ. My heart is stayed on the Lord who is my rock and fortress, my protection, and salvation. I am preserved from the machinations of wicked and unreasonable men. I have peace on every side. I am surrounded with God’s favour as a shield, and positioned by His grace for a life of peace and total prosperity! I win every day, because I live by the faith of Jesus Christ. His divine power has given me everything I require for life and godliness, and I know it. Therefore, I rejoice in my victories, prosperity, and blessed life in Christ.

The Spirit of God draws men, women, resources and all kinds of good things towards me. The Favour of God is seen in my life. My gates are open continually and good things are ministered to me, now. There’s beauty, favour, grace, and open doors for me everywhere. Situations that were orchestrated to bring me down, are now ordained for my lifting. I experience unusual favour. Men are going out of their way to favour me. Favour is activated for me. Everything that concerns me prospers exceedingly. I take possession of my inheritance in Christ. My health, strength, and wealth are guaranteed.

God’s grace is heaped on me abundantly. I reign by His immeasurable grace through righteousness. In my path, there’s only life. There’s no death of any kind. I am death-free. I reign over demons of infirmity and death. The life in my body is a repellent and a destroyer of diseases and germs. I am born in the image and likeness of God. As He is, so am I in this world. I am not affected by the rudiments of this world. I have everything that I require for life and godliness. I’ve been lifted over the depravities and corrupting influences of this world. I rejoice always because God has made me more than a conqueror in Jesus’ name. Amen. Speak in tongues.