Hebrews 12:24: ‘And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.’

DAILY READING: Matthew 13:1-23; Leviticus 17-18; Proverbs 28

Hospitals everywhere often need donated blood because of emergencies. According to medical experts, every two seconds globally, someone needs blood. In the UK alone, 1.5 million pints of blood need to be collected each year to meet the needs of hospital patients. A single accident victim may need as much as 100 pints of blood. In America, every year, blood transfusions help save up to 4.5 million lives.

While blood transfusion saves lives and improves health, however, many patients requiring transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood. Oftentimes too there is not enough blood in supply to meet the high demand. Since blood cannot be manufactured outside the body and has a limited shelf life, the need for constant supply by generous blood donors becomes crucial. One donation could save up to three lives. From these generous volunteer donors,  the Red Cross is able to provide about 40% of the need for blood and blood components. However, finding blood donors isn’t always easy. Though 37% of the population is eligible to donate blood, only 5% actually do. Supply can’t always meet demand because of the low percentage of age-eligible people who donate blood yearly. For example in the U.S, while an estimated 6.8 million people donate blood each year, the supply is barely enough to meet the great demand. Clearly, there is still a long way to go in being able to find ways to produce enough blood to meet the increasing human need.

However, there is a fountain of blood that is never limited and is always available to meet every need. It has been flowing for 2,000 years now and will flow forevermore. This is the fountain of the precious blood of Jesus. There is no shortage of it. There is easy access to it. Every time we call upon this blood, it arises to meet our needs. The blood of Jesus cleanses and heals. It protects and preserves.

Heb. 13:20-21 says that the blood of Christ is the blood of the Everlasting Covenant; therefore, its potency is eternal. Indeed, there is everlasting power in the blood of Jesus. The Blood of Jesus is the divine provision for man’s freedom from all satanic oppression. It is what it takes to silence the opposition. It is our ultimate victory in every battle of life.

In Egypt, despite the preceding plagues, when the blood came on the scene in Exodus chapter 12, Pharaoh quickly gave up. The blood of Jesus is our ultimate weapon in every battle. Every time we say, “The Blood of Jesus!” we are invoking God’s very life because according to Leviticus 17:11, the life of the flesh is in the blood. And when God arises, all His enemies are scattered.

Heb. 12:22-24 says, “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and Church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.”

The blood of Jesus indeed speaks better things for us. His blood speaks Passover to every plague of Egypt in our lives. His blood cleanses us from all sin and unrighteousness. His blood destroys every form of sickness and infirmity.

Through the Communion, we engage the mystery of the blood covenant by partaking of the flesh and the blood of Jesus. As we partake of His blood, every Egyptian in form of sickness or disease is swallowed up by the Red Sea of Christ’s blood. We have to make much of the blood. We have to begin to apply the blood in every area of our lives. We have to begin to appropriate all God has made available to us through the blood of Jesus.

His blood elevates us to the place of triumph in every contest. His blood, when invoked in battle, disarms and destroys the bands of wickedness. His blood is a weapon of mass destruction against every satanic assault. And the good news is that every believer has access to this ever-flowing fountain of the precious blood of Jesus.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to truly see the victory I have through the blood of Jesus. Enable me, O Lord, to begin to make much of the blood in every area of my life.  Indeed, by the blood of Jesus, I have all-round victory in Jesus’ name.

QUOTE: The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained a victorious end for you.