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Never Stop Looking to Jesus


We must never stop looking to Jesus. 
He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. 
He suffered death on a cross. 
But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing
 because of the joy he could see waiting for him. 
And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne. 
Hebrews 12:2




In John chapter 5, you read the story of when Jesus healed a lame man. The Bible says, that inside the city near the Sheep Gate was the pool of Bethesda. Crowds of sick people would lie near this pool to get in and receive healing when the water bubbled up. One of the men lying there had been sick for 38 years. John 5:6 says, “When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, He asked him, “Would you like to get well?” The sick man replied, “I can’t sir, for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.” Jesus then told him to stand up and pick up your mat, and walk. Instantly, the man was healed. 

Now when I read this story, I became excited for the man because I’m thinking to myself God can do anything and He is all knowing. Jesus didn’t know the man, but He instantly knew that the lame man had been ill for a long time. I’m here to tell you that God knows what you need and how to bring it to fruition. He knows what you’re going through and He wants to make your situation work for you. If you know this story, you know that once people found out that the lame man had been healed they objected. That’s weird, I would think that these people would be happy for this man. A man that has been sick for 38 years is all of a sudden healed and people object to it because they said that the law prevented anyone from working on the Sabbath. A little side-note for you, “Some people won’t always be excited to see all the good things God is doing in your life, that's ok.” The Bible goes on to say that the Jewish leaders insisted on knowing who healed the lame man, but the man didn’t know who Jesus was. 

Reading this short story gave me so much insight. You mean to tell me, Jesus healed this man and the whole time the man didn’t know who Jesus even was. If Jesus will heal a man that didn’t even know him, how much will He do for you? We have to come to understand the benefits there is to knowing who Jesus is and what He did on the cross for us. I’ve talked about knowing that Jesus is the “plug” but I continue to reiterate this fact because until we take advantage of who Jesus is and what He can do for us, we too could be just like the lame man waiting for 38 years to receive what we desperately desire. We have to believe until we see what we hope for.

John chapter 5 verse 16 goes on to say, “So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” We as individuals can sometimes be just like the Jewish leaders or the lame man and put limitations on what God can or can’t do for us. That scripture says God is always working on our behalf. No matter what the situation looks like God is always working for you. No matter how slow your business may be growing right now, God is always working for you. Even if it seems like your desires are taking forever to manifest, God is always working for you. We really have to come to believe that God is working for us. In the midst of our situation we should be able to say out loud, “God is always working for me.” The lame man was looking for someone to help him into the pool so that he could be healed and the whole time he didn’t need anyone but Jesus. He needed Jesus!!!! All YOU need is Jesus! Take your eyes off the situation and focus on Jesus! He can change your circumstances instantly.

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