The Opening

UV 705/10,000 The Opening And looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, he said to him, “ Ephphatha!” that is “ Be opened!” Mark 7 v 34 A man with a speech impediment was brought to Jesus and He put His fingers in his ears, and after spitting, touched the man’s tongue with His saliva. He then said in Aramaic, “ Ephphatha” which means “ be opened.” The man’s ears were opened and his speech impediment was removed. God heard every sigh of Jesus even as He hears our every sigh of pain or disappointment or hope. Jesus looked up to heaven as He sighed. He as our High Priest feels the pain of our infirmities and limitations. Our sigh acts as a prayer to the Lord from our innermost being. Ephphatha is a command to remove the blocks to our being, becoming, doing, having, feeling, communicating and achieving. Before we command in the spirit, we must precede it with the prayer of sighs. He will never ignore our deep pain that causes us sometimes to wince and sigh. He will open our eyes to perceive Him. He will open our ears to hear His Word. He will open our mouth to speak His truth. He will open our hearts to feel Him. He will open the path before us. We should also command drawing on our faith from deep within as Jesus did, “ Ephphatha”. He will remove blocks or impediments to our blessings. He will open doors or opportunities and openings in our jobs or professions or ministry. He will give us visions and dreams. He will remove barriers to our understanding and wisdom. He will operate and sharpen our wisdom for decision making. He will end our “decision paralysis.” He will remove the spirit of procrastination that prevents us from achieving our goals. Our vision is unstoppable as God is with us. The spit of a man is looked down upon. To spat upon has always been considered an insult in virtually all cultures. But even the spit of Jesus was spiritual medicine to heal the deaf and mute. It got the power from His sinless life, His pure speech and His word of command in faith – “Ephphatha”. Modern bioinformatics science says that the spit of a man is sufficient to draw conclusions about his health status, the kind of lifestyle he should lead. Modern forensic science has discovered that the spit is enough to get a DNA fingerprint of a person. When the spit of Jesus touched the tongue of the man with the speech impediment, the very DNA(DNA=divine nature) of God mingled with the DNA(our dead nature, character, challenges) of the man and brought forth the healing miracle. I sometimes used to pray recalling this miracle, “ Lord, just spit on me. Walk on me so that the dust from your sandals will be enough to bless me.” I sometimes also lay my hands on the heads, ears and eyes of our children and say, “ Ephphatha!” We also need to command, “ Ephphatha” to open closed doors, to realize and fully utilize our God given gifts and potential, to remove the full range of mountainous problems and challenges that we and the people face, to create new opportunities to release God’s power and realize His glory. Prateep V Philip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X819nmyz8Cc Listen to this Blessong: