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King's Inspiration: Take that step of faith
from TT 178
by TIMES TODAY
Take that step of faith
By William King | Email: kingwilliam189@gmail.com | image courtesy: reflectiionsdevotional.com
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It is easy to get comfortable in life with things that are less than God’s best. We know there’s more in us, but we don’t want to have to stretch or take the risk that it might not work out. We can get comfortable with friends who are pulling us down, addictions. The problem with staying comfortable is that you will miss your destiny.
When God is about to take you higher, you always have to make the choice: comfort or calling? Are you going to stay in the comfort of where you are, not having to stretch, be more disciplined, push past your fears? Or are you going to step out in faith and take that risk? In John 5, Jesus approached a disabled man who was lying beside the pool of Bethesda.
He asked him, “Do you want to get well?” It seemed like an odd question - all of the many blind, lame and paralised people gathered around the pool were there in hopes of being healed. You can be at the right place in the wrong frame of mind and miss your miracle. Jesus knew that after years of coming to the pool, the man had lost his passion to be well.
Rather than saying, “Yes, that is what I am believing for,” he made excuses and tried to justify his condition. Jesus didn’t say, “It’s too bad that you’re at a disadvantage.” Rather He said, “Rise, pick up your bed and walk.” Jesus asked him to do what he couldn’t do. The man could have said, “it’s impossible.”
This man, however, heard the call and had to decide: “Am I going to stay in my dysfunction where I’m comfortable with my friends or am I going to act on Jesus’ calling and try what I’ve never done?” Something rose up in him and against all odds, a sudden strength came into his legs.
As with this man, God is going to ask you to do things that you didn’t think you can do. In your own ability, you can’t, but when you take that step of faith, God will step in and give you supernatural ability. That’s because there’s favour in your calling. You’ll break addictions, beat the cancer.
