SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 5: 1-14

FOCUS: “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.” (John 5: 7)

MEMORY VERSE: “But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.” (Obadiah 1: 17)

In our Focal Scripture, whilst telling the tale of why he had been at the pool without getting healed, the man at the pool told Jesus about how he had no man to put him in the pool when the water was stirred. This man was within the precincts of the pool. He was close to what he desired, but he never carried his evidence. He was perpetually close to his miracle, but never got the miracle. He always came close, but never got what he wanted.

Friend, hear me as I hear the Lord: the season of being close to your portion and never getting it, is over. The season of doing your best perpetually to hit your target but never hitting it, is over. The season of being close to your promised land without ever entering into it, is over. The season of seeing the opportunities you desire without ever getting same, is over. The season of coming close to your desires without getting them, is over.

Notice that while that man was at the pool of Bethesda, Jesus came to where he was. His healing came to where he was. What he desired came to where he was. What he wanted came to where he was. He was not only close to his healing; he also got it. Jesus changed the cycle of coming close but never getting it. Hear me as I hear the Lord: the season of being close without getting is, is over. The season of being close, yet emptyhanded, is over.

Jesus is closer to you than whatever ‘pool’ you want to step into. Jesus is closer than the results you seek. Jesus is closer than that which you are chasing after. Hear me as I hear the Lord: for whatever the Lord brings you close to, you shall have your results. For whatever the Lord causes you to see at close range, you will be a partaker. For whatever the Lord causes to come close to you, you will carry it with your own hands.

No longer shall it be said that you came close and didn’t get your portion. No longer shall it be said that you got to the ‘pool’ without stepping in. The Lord is taking you to your results.

FURTHER READING: OBADIAH 1

DECLARATION:

• I will come close, and I will step in, in Jesus’ name!