Opportunity in Disguise - Day 130 Month 5-10 Week 19-4
Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) Deuteronomy 13,14, Jeremiah 18, John 4:39-5:17 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2013%2C14%2C%20Jeremiah%2018%2C%20John%204%3A39-5%3A17&version=NASB1995 Opportunity in Disguise Do you wish to get well? It seems like a silly question. The man has been waiting by the pool of Bethesda, probably, for years. He’d been ill for 38 years. The man did not answer Jesus' question. He simply explained how he was frustrated that no one could help him get into the pool when the angel stirred the waters. Jesus simply said “Get up, pick up your mat and walk.” Jesus didn’t care what day of the week it was. The man immediately gets up, does what he is told and breaks the sabbath rules. He carried his mat. It’s interesting, the Jews were more concerned that the man carried his mat than his healing. On my two trips to Israel, I found Saturdays the most fascinating days. Of course,...