FAITH CAPSULE: Jesus is the only one who is able to pull man through, not man.

John 5:1-17

Paralysis can be defined as, a state of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act. At every time one accepts paralysis as a condition, one will not be able to identify deliverance when it shows up. Also it is a condition that will cause man to look for help where there is no help. The Bible talked about a certain paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda with the paralysis of thirty eight years. The certain man was at Bethesda meaning, ‘House of mercy’ but yet there was no mercy in place for him to come out of his paralysis. The Bible described what transpires at the pool of Bethesda, “In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.” (John 5:3-4)The Lord knows how often you have been to your house of mercy, but mercy was not in place to address your situation. You have been in the same situation for years yet you have not received your merciful healing or deliverance. Some have come after you and received their merciful healing or deliverance. As one that believes in the goodness and mercy of God, does it concern you that you go to the same place where others have come and have received breakthrough? Are you like the paralytic man who was at the Gate near a pool which is called Bethesda meaning house of mercy? It is written, “Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” (John 5:5-7)That same place where the paralytic man lay was the same place where many had been healed. That same place where you have been visiting is the same place where people with similar issues as yours have been getting their breakthrough. The difference between those that have been receiving healing and the paralytic man was that the paralytic man was looking unto man where God’s healing provision was available. Today, will you turn to a new approach, that of, “The Lord is my Shepherd?” He is the only one who can deliver you your healing. Jesus is the only one who is able to pull man through, not man.

Prayer for today: Have mercy on me as Your custom is toward those who love Your name.