ACTING IGNORANTLY

John.5:2-9

² Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
³ In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
⁴ For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
⁵ And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
⁶ When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
⁷ The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
⁸ Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
⁹ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

ANALYSIS OF THE STORY:-
-Jerusalem is a place of peace but there are multitudes who are not peaceful!
-Jerusalem is a place of blessing but there are people who are not blessed;
-Jerusalem is a place of healing and deliverance but there people lying around in bondage
- The name of the pool ‘Bethesda’ translates to ‘House of Mercy’ yet people are there who have not received mercy but rather are sick, blind, and lame.
This is the situation of many of us who have proclaimed our belief in Jesus:
- We have been called to be kings but we insist on sitting by our inheritance and starve to death without making any move to possess our possession.
- We are in the place of mercy and deliverance but we still feel bound by our circumstances and environment.
- Though the bible assured us that those who have been set free by Jesus are free indeed, many of us are still living blind, lame and paralyzed lives- We have been lame in terms of being stuck in one place for a long time and paralyzed from doing anything about our pitiful condition.

Story above is all about a man that was lame and had been in the same condition for over  38yrs, waiting for the moving of the water by the Angel of the Lord.......what have you been waiting upon the lord for?

Jesus christ was born some years after this man's infirmity started, because we were made to know that Christ only used 33yrs on the face of the earth, meaning that before the coming of christ, the said man was waiting for the manifestation of Christ the Messiah. (Isaiah.40:31 "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.")

Mant times, we keep waiting for things that we could have taken just like that.........just like the man by the said pool of bethseda........he was waiting for the stirring of the pool........(Isaiah.60:1 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.")

Are you waiting for the stirring? Note that when Christ healed the said man, He did not use the water movement............  (Isaiah.55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.)

Let me talk a little bit about stirring. Whenever stirring occurs, their must have been a sort of ENERGY that must have caused such stirring to occur. That energy is an external force and it's something that you and I cannot see with ordinary naked eye (Just like you seeing The Holy Spirit, but you can feel the effect).
Whenever the stirring occur, people jumps in and such, causes healing, but as for the case of this man, he could not get any one that will carry him inside the water(Is this applicable to you in the sense that you cannot see an helper that will assist you?).

I need to tell you that as long as the sirring occur, the power to make is made available unto you, but many atimes, we do not realize that the stirring had occured and we keep waiting for the stirring....Hmmmmmmm (Do you know if what you are waiting for had already been made available unto you?) Sometimes, all that we need is just to take posession and nothing more. Why do people have to suffer for long when God whom is called God of Mercy is right beside them?

Let us look at the book of Exodus.14:15  ^"And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward;  but lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Some people, like Moses, see a need...and it’s important that we can see the needs around us. Often do we carry around a burden for a certain situation, problem. Many have, for years, carried around a burden for someone’s salvation...or for a healing...or maybe a deliverance of a habit or lifestyle,and God hears those prayers and cries for help. But when God chooses us to be the instrument for deliverance...we’re so quick to say, "Hey, not me what could I possibly do?" Call the pastor...or call the elders, but God said to Moses: "Look at what you have in your hand right now. You can take what you have and use it to meet the need - if you let Me help you." The key to the miraculous is first of all seeing the need - but then letting God use what is in your hand."

Assuming moses had decided not to stretch the Rod, Pharaho's army would have killed them. Are you stretching or still asking questions about what you see when God is saying MOVE my Child?

Isaiah.60:1 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."

Ephesians.5:14 "Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."

Ephesians.5:17 "Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is."


Stop acting Ignorantly and discover the purpose of God for your life. THEN TAKE CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hosea.4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."