NO MORE STAGNATION
Luke 5:16-26

Paralysis is stagnation, and stagnation can be the result of sinning. Jesus was in a place where the power of the Lord was present to heal. “Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him. 19 And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.” (Luke 5:18-19) The paralyzed man was being taken from one place to another. Without anyone moving him there would have been no motion, and he would have remained in a stagnant position. In his stagnant position, nothing moved and nothing change. In stagnant positions, motion is an enemy to the man. As a believer or non-believer, what has kept you grounded in the same position, and location, for so long? What is it that has been denying every kind of promotion in all, or some, areas of your life? God is a good God, He is a God of multiplication. With stagnation, gaining the motion to multiply is not a reality. The paralyzed man that was brought to Jesus had so much faith in the power of God that led to the tearing of a roof. The roof was torn on his behalf so he could be let down to Jesus for healing purposes. If not for this faith, he should have been taken back to where he was coming from. The crowd could not deny him, neither could the ability not to gain entrance was enough to send him back. The Bible mentioned that he was taken through the top of the house. When his bed landed through the tiling, into the midst of Jesus, it was recorded that Jesus saw their faith. Luke 5:20, “When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” The paralyzed man had faith, but was still in the state of stagnation. As a believer, you have faith, you are eloquent in the word, yet you are motionless and stagnation is ruling. Just like the paralyzed man, sin could be the cause of stagnation. Sin from earlier generations or “self sin”. Jesus, having seen it, that he had faith, did not command healing first, but forgave him his sin. The point here is, Jesus spoke no healing to the paralyzed man, until after forgiveness was spoken into his life. What could be the root of your stagnation with all your faith demonstrations? Could it be, it is time to call on Him for forgiveness that will bring forth motion in all areas of stagnation? With the sound of forgiveness, and healing sound from the Word of God, paralysis the agent of stagnation, will loose its grip.
Prayer for today: My Lord and my God, this day I ask for forgiveness from my sin, and let me be delivered from every stagnating agent, in the name of Jesus.