FAITH CAPSULE: Do you have Bethesda, your house of mercy?

John 5:1-9

Bethesda meaning “house of mercy” is where many people were going to worship and receive God’s blessing. Among His blessing for man are healing and deliverance. Do you have Bethesda, your house of mercy? It is only God that knows how long and how often you have been attending your house of mercy but mercy is not in place to address your situation.
Have you been in the same situation for years with nothing to show for God’s glory over your life? Some attended after you and received their merciful healing or deliverance but your story remains unchanged and discouraging. If the situation sounds like you, be encouraged because it is not time to be discouraged. It is not time to stop asking, seeking or knocking the windows of heaven. Jesus commanded in Matthew 7:7, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Today is not time to stop attending your God but to remain persistence with faith to receive the hand of God.
We need not mention to Jesus what we want because He sees it all. However, not asking, not seeking, or not knocking on the windows of heaven will not deliver manifestation of expectation. Be persistent for God and He will present to you according to His divine agenda for you.
A paralytic man was on the right track but trapped and not able to receive his healing. The paralytic man was at the Gate near a pool which, in Hebrew, is called Bethesda. Paralytic man at his Bethesda (the house of mercy) healing was not in place for him.
The Bible describes the case of the paralytic man, “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) All Jesus wanted to hear from the paralytic man was to be asking for healing need. However, paralytic man was very much focus on getting help from man when he responded to Jesus’ healing offering by saying, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool…” At the house of mercy, the paralytic man was lying for many years while others were attending to receive their mercy. Just like the paralytic man, in your seeking for mercy in the hand of man will not be your help but Jesus. Will you turn to a new way of approaching Jesus as your shepherd? Unfailingly, without any doubt, Jesus will meet you at your need. Attend your Bethesda with expectation.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be focusing on Him constantly consistently.