SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 5: 1-14
FOCUS: “Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.” (John 5: 8)
MEMORY VERSE: “Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.” (Isaiah 35: 3)
In our Focal Scripture, Jesus told the man at the pool of Bethesda to take up his bed. That man had probably been on his bed for so long. He had been carried by his bed for the period of his infirmity; but when Jesus showed up, He commanded that the man should carry the same bed that once carried him. Jesus commanded that the man should move from being carried to being the one to carry. Jesus commanded the man to carry his bed.
Friend, I pray for you: receive grace to carry whatever carried you in time past. Receive grace to carry the same people to whom you were once a burden. Receive grace to support the people who once supported you. Receive grace to do for others what they needed to do for you in time past. Receive grace to become a burden bearer. Receive grace to take charge of situations that once held sway over your destiny.
You may have been the one to be carried in the past season; others may have carried you emotionally, financially, etc.; but in this season, receive grace to carry what carried you before. Receive grace to carry what you could not carry before. Receive grace to become dependable to those you needed to depend on in time past. Receive grace to move from being a dependent to being dependable. Receive grace to carry your bed.
The days of being unable to carry your ‘bed’, are over. The days of being unable to do major things for yourself and for others, are over. The days of being perpetually dependent, are over. The days of never being able to take charge of what is going on around you, are over. The days of being weak when you ought to be strong, are over. The days of being counted amongst those who are stuck in ‘Bethesda’, are over.
Welcome to your new season of being dependable. Welcome to that season where you will carry what used to carry you before.
FURTHER READING: ISAIAH 35
DECLARATION:
- I receive grace to carry whatever carried me before, in Jesus’ name!