Get Up!!!!

Good morning all!!

Another story I have on my heart, is found in John 5.

There is a man who could not walk for 38 years. A specific measurable amount of time. It does not say that he was born this way, which tells me that something happened along the way that incapacitated him. Good or bad, I don't know. That's not relevant for my point.

When I think about that period of time alone, 38 years, I wonder how much I would miss being able to walk. To move myself from point A to point B with no problem. On time. Unassisted. I would really miss that.

Well, here he is at the pool where his healing is supposed to happen. He is riiiiight there. So Jesus appears and asks him if he would like to be healed. And this man says:

“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

REALLY DUDE?! That's your story?! That's your excuse??!! Your healing lies in SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS??!! For real!??

He was waiting for someone else to drop him in the pool. He had the tools that he needed for his healing. He had the pool and he had his faith. I know he had his faith because he believed in the healing that was in the pool OR ELSE HE WOULDN'T BE THERE.

Now, as i said before, I would really miss being able to move myself, so the moment that someone else came out the pool, I would be ready to roll myself down into that pool. I'm not trying to wait on anyone to place me, carry me, drop me or lower me into it. I would have enough faith that even if I rolled in there with no working legs, that water will heal me and I will be able to stand up and not drown. If I go down and don't come up, so be it. But all my faith would be there, and I just believe when I have that much faith in something, God will not let me fail.

But, MY FATE, ESPECIALLY MY HEALING, WILL NOT LIE IN THE HANDS OF ANYONE OTHER THAN MY GOD!

So today I ask you, what is it that you want/need that YOU DO have the tools/supplies for, and you have not moved on it because you are waiting for someone else to handle the details? Now I'm not talking about doing things outside of Gods time. I'm taking about when all things are good and the ONLY excuse you can come up with is that you are waiting on someone else to do something for you.

It just might be time to move. So GET UP!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! BE BLESSED!!!!