May 7
John 5:1-23
In what do you put your hope? As you look into the future what allows you to have a confident expectation that your future will be bright? The paralyzed man put his hope in the waters of the Pool of Bethesda. He believed if he could enter the water when it began to stir, he would be healed. We do not know how long he had been by the pool, but we do know he had been in his condition for thirty-eight years. His hope in the healing power of the pool was misplaced, but then Jesus arrived. What the pool could not do, Jesus could. When Jesus saw the man, he told him to walk and he could. The futility of this man's hope in the pool was revealed when Jesus cured him.
Jesus reveals that he is the one in which our hopes should be placed. We should not look to money, a job, marriage, kids, retirement, or a pool to provide our security, instead we need to look to Jesus. He is the only one who can solve the deepest problems of our lives and the only solution to the brokenness in the world. Instead of looking to anything in this world, we need to look to our Savior to heal our inner hurt, pain, and hopelessness. No matter what we face, Christ is greater; therefore, we can always have hope.
Father God, thank you that you are a healer. Help me to place my hope in you alone, knowing that you will do all you have promised and will never let me down. Amen.
What does it look like to place your hope fully in God?
In what do you put your hope? As you look into the future what allows you to have a confident expectation that your future will be bright? The paralyzed man put his hope in the waters of the Pool of Bethesda. He believed if he could enter the water when it began to stir, he would be healed. We do not know how long he had been by the pool, but we do know he had been in his condition for thirty-eight years. His hope in the healing power of the pool was misplaced, but then Jesus arrived. What the pool could not do, Jesus could. When Jesus saw the man, he told him to walk and he could. The futility of this man's hope in the pool was revealed when Jesus cured him.
Jesus reveals that he is the one in which our hopes should be placed. We should not look to money, a job, marriage, kids, retirement, or a pool to provide our security, instead we need to look to Jesus. He is the only one who can solve the deepest problems of our lives and the only solution to the brokenness in the world. Instead of looking to anything in this world, we need to look to our Savior to heal our inner hurt, pain, and hopelessness. No matter what we face, Christ is greater; therefore, we can always have hope.
Father God, thank you that you are a healer. Help me to place my hope in you alone, knowing that you will do all you have promised and will never let me down. Amen.
What does it look like to place your hope fully in God?
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