"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in thestrength of His might". Ephesians 6:10
In the gospel of John chapter five is the account of Jesus going to Jerusalem for the purpose of a feast. Along the way, Jesus stops at a therapeutic pool at the Sheep Gate. At this pool lay many invalids including those that are blind, lame, and paralyzed. Jesus goes up to one man who has been unable to walk for thirty-eight years and asks him if he would like to be healed. Not knowing who was talking to him, the man tells Jesus about his troubles in trying to get to the pool. As the reader, you come to the understanding that this man's faith is in the pool. The problem that he is having though, is getting to the pool.
Jesus then tells the man to take up his pallet and walk. The man was healed at once. In today's study, we are going to look at the ability of Jesus to make the lame to walk. In the Bible, feet are sometimes depicted as how people walk in life. Do we walk in the paths of the righteous or the unrighteous? Do we walk a straight path or are we stumbling? In Psalm 119:105, the psalmist writes, "Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." In this depiction, the psalmist characterizes a path as the direction we go in life, righteous or unrighteous, and feet as the motivation or drive on this path. The man at the pool was not only going down the wrong path, but he also didn't have the ability to get there. Jesus not only gave the man a new path to walk on, but He also gave the man the ability to walk on that path.
When people are saved through the blood of Jesus, He has healed the lame to walk. He has opened up a way for people to walk; on the path of righteousness. But not only that, He has healed the way we walk. We will not only walk on the path of righteousness, but we should also walk without a limp. We must consider each and every day and each and every moment of everyday a personal and loving relationship with Jesus. We not only want to walk on the right path, but want to make sure that the way we walk is not powered by the world or our own flesh, but by the strength of His might.
In the gospel of John chapter five is the account of Jesus going to Jerusalem for the purpose of a feast. Along the way, Jesus stops at a therapeutic pool at the Sheep Gate. At this pool lay many invalids including those that are blind, lame, and paralyzed. Jesus goes up to one man who has been unable to walk for thirty-eight years and asks him if he would like to be healed. Not knowing who was talking to him, the man tells Jesus about his troubles in trying to get to the pool. As the reader, you come to the understanding that this man's faith is in the pool. The problem that he is having though, is getting to the pool.
Jesus then tells the man to take up his pallet and walk. The man was healed at once. In today's study, we are going to look at the ability of Jesus to make the lame to walk. In the Bible, feet are sometimes depicted as how people walk in life. Do we walk in the paths of the righteous or the unrighteous? Do we walk a straight path or are we stumbling? In Psalm 119:105, the psalmist writes, "Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." In this depiction, the psalmist characterizes a path as the direction we go in life, righteous or unrighteous, and feet as the motivation or drive on this path. The man at the pool was not only going down the wrong path, but he also didn't have the ability to get there. Jesus not only gave the man a new path to walk on, but He also gave the man the ability to walk on that path.
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