Jesus went to a place called Bethesda where a multitude of sick people were, blind lame and paralyzed. We may think that Jesus healed them all but He didn't.
We do not read the scriptures and that is why we assume that Jesus healed everyone; but this passage teaches us otherwise. He went to a man who laid there for 38 years and asked Him whether He wanted to be made well. The man replied that He'd no one to put Him in the pool and someone always gets before him after the water have been stirred. Jesus the then told him to rise up and walk.
We see here that the man was in desperate need for healing; that is why for 38 years he never gave up. He still hoped that a miracle would happen and He would be healed. God saw His desire and longing and Jesus came to him along leaving the multitudes. Even today God is the same; there are multitudes of people in need but God will meet with those who have hope and their expectation is from God. Those who are desperate towards God, they alone will see God manifest in their lives.
The Jews saw the man and told him that he was not permitted to carry His sleeping mat on Sabbath. He replied that the one who healed him told him to carry his sleeping mat.
They asked who it was but the man didn't know Jesus for Jesus had slipped away.
Jesus did not walk with the man to show the crowds what a great healer He was. He was not seeking for any honour.
When Jesus met the man, He told him to stop sinning so that something worse could not happen to Him.
We learn here that some sicknesses are due to sin. It is one of the discipline that God disciples His children when they sin. The next chapter teaches that not every sickness is due to sin and therefore we must learn to sick God to know the cause of a sickness because if the sickness is as a result of sin, repentance will bring healing.
The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who healed Him and they persecuted Him for healing in Sabbath.
Jesus said that His Father is working until now, and He also is working.
We that God from creation has got on one day He rested, in Genesis 1-2, up until now He is working and Jesus being in fellowship with the Father also worked.
We must desire to have such fellowship with God that we know what He is doing and when so that we can join Him and be coworkers with Him.
There are many things God is doing right now and He wants to involve you in some of it, but you must be open to His voice and leading and you will find fruitfulness as we work together with Him;
The unfortunate thing is that in most cases we work where God is not working and thus gets exhausted and lose heart. Let's seek fellowship with God to be able to discern what He is doing at each particular time and season.
Persecution increased for Jesus calling God Father, making Him equal with God.
Jesus replied that He can not do anything in His own initiative. He only does what the Father does, and then does that.
This is the secret of Jesus life and ministry. He was not busy doing a lot of things for God. He only did what He saw His Father doing in the eyes of the heart.
Many times we initiate many things in the name of God's work. God does not bear witness to such works because it is He who wants to involve us in what He is doing not us involving Him in what we are doing.
It must begin with God, must be done through God power, and must be done for Gods glory alone.
What we initiate even if we can claim is for God, it has begun with us; it will be an Ishmael and God will not accept it no matter how good-looking it is.
The reason the Father shows Jesus what He is doing is because He loves Him. Even now, God loves you the same way and longs to open your inner eyes for you to see what He is doing that you may get involved in it. Be open to His love.
Learn from Jesus and you will find rest for your soul.
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