Belonging - Day 17
John 5:7 “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.”
This man is speaking directly to his need for community. He doesn’t have anyone who can help him get into the water when the bubbles come up. His inability to get help means that he has no chance of being healed.
Interestingly, this is probably true of us as well. If we don’t have people around us who are willing to help us heal, to help us grow and mature, to help us see more than our own perspective then we will probably not find the healing that is being offered.
This is one of the great things about a Jesus community. When people come together for the purpose of getting to know Jesus, to support one another, to help each other grow, and to become more mature in our faith, we have the opportunity to heal in ways that being alone just doesn’t really allow for.
This man was dejected and rejected by society. And after 38 years I am sure that he thought there would never be any reversal of his fortune. However, his life was about to change, he just couldn’t see it yet.
Have you ever been on the precipice of change and yet you couldn’t really see what was on the other side of the decision, of the chasm, or of the gap you have to go past? We usually function from the future we can see, not from the possibility of Jesus. Jesus can see more than we can, so some of the questions that he asks us might seem almost ridiculous. They were for this man.
“Do you want to be well. . .?”
Of course he did, but he couldn’t see how that would be possible.
But with Jesus, all things are possible. You just have to have some faith. . .
This man is speaking directly to his need for community. He doesn’t have anyone who can help him get into the water when the bubbles come up. His inability to get help means that he has no chance of being healed.
Interestingly, this is probably true of us as well. If we don’t have people around us who are willing to help us heal, to help us grow and mature, to help us see more than our own perspective then we will probably not find the healing that is being offered.
This is one of the great things about a Jesus community. When people come together for the purpose of getting to know Jesus, to support one another, to help each other grow, and to become more mature in our faith, we have the opportunity to heal in ways that being alone just doesn’t really allow for.
This man was dejected and rejected by society. And after 38 years I am sure that he thought there would never be any reversal of his fortune. However, his life was about to change, he just couldn’t see it yet.
Have you ever been on the precipice of change and yet you couldn’t really see what was on the other side of the decision, of the chasm, or of the gap you have to go past? We usually function from the future we can see, not from the possibility of Jesus. Jesus can see more than we can, so some of the questions that he asks us might seem almost ridiculous. They were for this man.
“Do you want to be well. . .?”
Of course he did, but he couldn’t see how that would be possible.
But with Jesus, all things are possible. You just have to have some faith. . .
- What do you need faith for today?
- Is there a future that you believe is being made for you that you haven’t quite lived into yet?
- Will you say Yes when God calls?
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