September 17 2018

Direct Access

Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. John 5: 5-9

I love this story. 
This man had been lying by the pool for so many years.
Because of his affliction he couldn’t get to the pool first when it was stirred up, to be healed. 
He was relying solely on those around him for his healing.
And then Jesus appeared. 
Once this man had direct access to Jesus, he no longer had to appeal to those around him to help him.  The Master was right there. 
Jesus commanded the man to “rise, take up your bed and walk” and the man was healed.
We often find ourselves in the same situation as this man;
for years we look for healing by waiting on those around us –
we wait on others to pray for us, to give us direction, to touch us with a healing hand.
I’m here to tell you the good news. 
We already have direct access to Jesus. 
God is no respecter of persons;
He doesn’t value one of us above the other. 
We can all come into his presence and seek His face.
And the beauty of being in the direct presence of Jesus is that where healing takes place. 
Things happen in the presence of the Lord. 
Seek His face and His presence today, for yourself. 
Don’t wait on those around you to take you to the Lord. 
Go to the Lord on your own behalf. 
He is waiting for you!

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September 17 2018

Direct Access

Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. John 5: 5-9

I love this story. 
This man had been lying by the pool for so many years.
Because of his affliction he couldn’t get to the pool first when it was stirred up, to be healed. 
He was relying solely on those around him for his healing.
And then Jesus appeared. 
Once this man had direct access to Jesus, he no longer had to appeal to those around him to help him.  The Master was right there. 
Jesus commanded the man to “rise, take up your bed and walk” and the man was healed.
We often find ourselves in the same situation as this man;
for years we look for healing by waiting on those around us –
we wait on others to pray for us, to give us direction, to touch us with a healing hand.
I’m here to tell you the good news. 
We already have direct access to Jesus. 
God is no respecter of persons;
He doesn’t value one of us above the other. 
We can all come into his presence and seek His face.
And the beauty of being in the direct presence of Jesus is that where healing takes place. 
Things happen in the presence of the Lord. 
Seek His face and His presence today, for yourself. 
Don’t wait on those around you to take you to the Lord. 
Go to the Lord on your own behalf. 
He is waiting for you!

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September 16 2018

Saul’s Armour Doesn’t Fit

So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.” So David took them off.
Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:39-40

David was going to meet Goliath on the battlefield. 
Saul dressed him in Saul’s own armour.
What a privilege we think –
Saul offering his armour to the young David. 
However, the armour didn’t fit. 
Not only did it not fit, David said “I have not tested them”. 
David then chooses for himself 5 smooth stones, a shepherd’s bag and pouch and a sling. 
David could not go to battle with Saul’s anointing, Saul’s experience or Saul’s tools. 
He needed to go to battle with the anointing, experience and tools that the Lord had given him.
David had tested the Lord in the past. 
He knew the faithfulness of the Lord toward him. 
He knew that the hand of the Lord had been on him in the past to defeat the bear and the lion.  Therefore David could be confident that the hand of the Lord would continue to be on him and would use what he had already placed within David to bring about the victory. 
Often we wish to be other people. 
We wish for their armour. 
We covet their anointing. 
We long for their experiences in the Lord. 
But Saul’s armour does not fit and we have not tested it. 
God has given us our own anointing’s, our own experiences.
When we walk confidently in what the Lord has placed in us we will be victorious!

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