Friday, May 7, 2021

Take Up Your Bed.....

Jesus saith unto him, 
Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
John 5:8
 
"LIKE many others, the impotent man had been waiting for a wonder to be wrought, and a sign to be given. Wearily did he watch the I pool, but no angel came, or came not for him; yet, thinking it to be his only chance, he waited still, and knew not that there was One near him whose word could heal him in a moment. 
 
Many are in the same plight: they are waiting for 

--some singular emotion
--remarkable impression
--or celestial vision
they wait in vain and watch for nought. 
 
It is a very sad reflection that tens of thousands are now waiting in the use of means, and ordinances, and vows, and resolutions, and have so waited time out of mind, in vain, utterly in vain. 
 
Meanwhile these poor souls forget the present Savior, who bids them look unto Him and be saved. 
He could heal them at once
but they prefer to wait for an angel and a wonder
 
O that the Lord may turn His eye upon the multitudes who are in this case to-night; may He forgive the slights which they put upon His divine power, and call them by that sweet constraining voice, to rise from the bed of despair, and in the energy of faith take up their bed and walk."
Charles Spurgeon