Numbers 21:9 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.
The instruction is as simple as it gets, for all that was required of the people was to look, and they would live. Now, the natural thing to do if you were bitten would be to do something about it, and that’s okay, if what you do is what God says to do. The Lord did not then ask the people for any help in the healing process, He didn’t require them to make to make assessments of the wounds.
And they were not to attempt other healing, or remedial processes on their own, for all those would fail signally. All He asked them to do was to look and by so doing they would signal their trust in Him. Thus, if you had to surrender your all in this situation, it would mean simply looking, and not attempting to do anything of your own or on your own to neutralize the sting of the serpent. This is where many Christians often stumble in the process of surrendering.
It can be tough at times to believe that the healing, the cleansing, and the work of restoration is God’s work alone. Thus, many individuals who were bitten refused to look, because they stumbled on the simplicity of the means whereby healing was to be realized. Even as the song says: “Just one look, that’s all it took” many lost their lives unnecessarily, by looking to self-help ways and means that were never recommended nor ordained of God.
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!