Rule Breaker
John 5:1-14 NIV
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”
But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
I am a rule follower. I like the rules overall. If I am honest, they comfort me. But Jesus was a rule breaker, in a good way. He didn't let the "rules" confine him into a box. I think that sometimes we, as christians, let the rules confine God into a box. He is way bigger than a box! The Pharasees missed the whole blessing of that miraculous healing simply because Jesus broke "the rules" and healed the man on the Sabbath.
How often do we miss something miraculous that Jesus could do for us because we have confined ourselves or Him to the rules? I have seen God heal people that should have never walked again or by, human limitations, was to never to see again but He did it. He is GOD. He can do anything! We need to get over ourselves and step out of our box and trust Him. Let Him be God in our lives. Look for that miracle, look for the impossible. Do not let self-pity or arrogance take over and say, "He would never do that for you (me)." He would love to do more for us if we would just make room for Him in our lives! That crippled man was so desperate. He didn't tell Jesus to not heal him because it was the Sabbath and it was against the law. He got up and walked! Jesus told him to get up and he did!
So let's let God be God. Let's trust Him and look for his greatness everywhere. Do not limit His movement in your lives. Trust Him! Don't be a pharasee and miss out on something miraculous!
Be a righteous rule breaker,
Shanin
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”
But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
I am a rule follower. I like the rules overall. If I am honest, they comfort me. But Jesus was a rule breaker, in a good way. He didn't let the "rules" confine him into a box. I think that sometimes we, as christians, let the rules confine God into a box. He is way bigger than a box! The Pharasees missed the whole blessing of that miraculous healing simply because Jesus broke "the rules" and healed the man on the Sabbath.
How often do we miss something miraculous that Jesus could do for us because we have confined ourselves or Him to the rules? I have seen God heal people that should have never walked again or by, human limitations, was to never to see again but He did it. He is GOD. He can do anything! We need to get over ourselves and step out of our box and trust Him. Let Him be God in our lives. Look for that miracle, look for the impossible. Do not let self-pity or arrogance take over and say, "He would never do that for you (me)." He would love to do more for us if we would just make room for Him in our lives! That crippled man was so desperate. He didn't tell Jesus to not heal him because it was the Sabbath and it was against the law. He got up and walked! Jesus told him to get up and he did!
So let's let God be God. Let's trust Him and look for his greatness everywhere. Do not limit His movement in your lives. Trust Him! Don't be a pharasee and miss out on something miraculous!
Be a righteous rule breaker,
Shanin
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