Get Up!
Even though PPG made excuses, Jesus saw right through them. He knew deep inside the man wanted to be well. Perhaps fear kept him at the pool for 38 years. Or maybe he saw others worse off than he was, and he didn’t want to keep them from experiencing the water’s healing touch. Whatever the reason for his excuses, Jesus broke through the barrier.
Note the first thing Christ instructed PPG to do: “Get up!” We might think since PPG had just given an excuse instead of answering Christ’s direct question, he might give another excuse: “I can’t ‘get up.’ I’m paralyzed! Why do you think I’m lying here by the pool?”
But he didn’t. He simply obeyed. No arguments. No questions. No resistance. He just did as Jesus said. He got up.
Jesus asked PPG to do the impossible. It’s crazy to think a man who’s been paralyzed for 38 years could get up and walk. But the Great Physician holds all power and is definitely in the miracle business. With God, all things are possible!
There will be times when Jesus will ask you to do what seems to be impossible. How will you respond? With excuses or with obedience?
Jeremiah was only a teenager when God called him to be a prophet and speak his holy Word. Jeremiah’s response was, “I can’t do that! I’m too young!” But God reminded Jeremiah that he would put his very words in Jeremiah’s mouth. All Jeremiah needed to do was simply obey.
God will never ask you to do something without giving you everything you need to complete the task. If he says, “Get up!” know that he’ll provide the strength you need to do so.
When PPG heard the command, “Get up!” he knew right away it would mean action on his part. Are you willing to put forth the action and do whatever God asks of you to become whole?
Know It!
Instead of questioning God’s ways, you need to respond in obedient faith. What’s impossible for humans is always possible for the Great Physician.
Read It!
Jeremiah 1:5-10; John 5:1-18; 14:12-14
Pray It!
Do you wonder how much more God could do in and through your life if you’d simply obey him instead of question him? Ask him to strengthen your faith so you can obey him in every area of your life.
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