Another new day has come..
He could see new faces around,some crippled,blind..some of His old friends also were there.I feel He was the supersenior of all with regard to an infirmity and waiting at the pool of bethesda.His eyes as usually went to the pool....anytime the angel can come and stir up the pond and who gets down first gets healed.Forget being first..this man I feel has hardly seen the angel,such was the crowd in that poolof bethesda,people rejected by doctors...hoped to get down in that pond after the angel had stirred up the water.In biblical terms
3In these lay a great multitude of invalid folk -- blind, halt, withered -- waiting for the moving of the water.
4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water. Whosoever then first stepped in, after the troubling of the water, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
He also looked for any other person who could help him out...someone who smiled at him..this man must have asked..COULD YOU Please help me to get down that pool when the angel stirs the water.The smile in those faces definitely had vanished by now..Noone there to help Him...see wat He says to anyone who comes there
Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me."
When there is noone to help you..you always give a TRY..but the results are always hard to digest..
This day He heard a gentle voice..."WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE??"...He,I feel,didnt give heed to even look at that person,because the angel ,the friends he was looking for NEVER LOOKED BACK AT HIM....
He said the old story again...incorrect answers for the question asked..the question is "Wilt thou be made whole??"answer is"Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while am coming, another steppeth down before me."That sweet voice this time turned its pitch...It became a sort of command..
"Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."
9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked...
Situation changed..something struck His life...each word...added power to His weak body!!He sprang up..he needed noone to help Him..For the first time in 38 years He walked and that too taking that BED..
Friend..we also face problems..lingering for ages..and we look for an angel...or a man of God..for the stirring of the pool like we expect in big crusades and campaigns..we also want others to help us out..everything in waste...
This day dont miss that sound..of JESUS CHRIST who can TURN YOUR LIFE..circumstances...isnt it so true..we dont expect much from the LORD When we spend tme personally with HIm..in our morning prayers,family prayers??
We always want "AN ANGEL" to come..someone to prophecy,someone to lay hands for soemthing great to happen...WRONG..He is beside you..The all important one
HE ORDERS YOU.."Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."..DOnt look for campaigns and crusades(ofcourse things happen there)..It can happen in those moments where u get up from ur bed and call His name.It can happen when you close your eyes and thank God before you have your food..It can happen as u ride ur vehiclE!!IT CAN HAPPEN NOW...if you hear those words from HIM"WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE??MAKE USE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET TO TALK TO UR CREATOR....EVERY MOMENT SHOULD BE SERIOUS,EXPECTING,ATTEMPTING...
WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE??RISE TAKE THY BED AND WALK.....
"He touched me, O, He touched me,
And O, the joy that floods my soul.Something happened,
and now I know,He touched me
and made me whole."
1 comment:
Rise up and walk. Good one Ash. Keep it coming. I liked the self-pity part - somehow, we end up emphasizing the same point, albeit in different ways, don't we?
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