Don't miss it!

I know I shared this with our core team this past Saturday, but I thought it is worth repeating.

There are so many times in life that I feel like I missed out on something. My parents never let me watch He-man or Scooby Do because of the supposed witchcraft and monsters that could have influenced me to be a bad, rebellious child (they almost put the gauntlet down on the Smurfs as well, but we successfully argued our case that little blue people are really quite harmless, even if the male to female ratio is 150:1). So when my friends would talk about the latest He-man cartoon, I felt totally lost and would try as quickly as possible to change the subject to something that I felt knowledgeable about.

Sad to say, but many times I feel just as inept to talk about spiritual things as well, when the subject approaches. What's really just awful is the fact that I know enough Bible information to say some pretty spiritual things without really experiencing any of it. I read a passage of Scripture the other day that totally rocked my world. John 5 talks about the lame man that Jesus healed. This guy had been unable to walk for 38 years and hung out with the other "sick, blind, lame, and withered" people down at the pool called Bethesda (sounded like a pretty depressing place to visit). So Jesus asks this guy if he wants to be healed, and Jesus heals him. Now the last sentence in verse 9 says a lot. The verse states "Now it was the Sabbath on that day."

So this crippled man, who has been unable to walk, has been miraculously healed and takes up his mat and heads for home like Jesus told him to. What do you think the people did when they saw this guy walking? You would think they'd be going crazy with excitement over the miraculous event that has just taken place, but verse 10 is just astonishing. It says "Therefore the Jews were saying to him who was cured, 'It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet,'"

I was completely blown away by that verse because these people missed it. They missed what Jesus was doing and saw something completely different than they should have, and yet, I do the very same thing. How many times have you missed what God is doing around you, or even worse, in you? One of the things I've been praying lately, and I want to encourage you to do the same, is to ask God to let us see what He is doing, so we won't miss out on the blessings of life.

By the way...
Huge praise, we sold our house!!! Something we've been praying about for approximately 16 months. "Thank you God for teaching me patience."

Until next time