John 5 - Praying God's Word

Please read John 5.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jhn/5/1/s_1002001

Meditate on verses 2-3.

Now there is in Jerusalem by

 the sheep gate a pool,

which is called in Hebrew Bethesda,

having five porticoes. 

In these lay a multitude of those who

 were sick, blind, lame, and withered,

waiting for the moving of the waters.

Jesus, the door of the sheep (John 10:7), stood by the sheep gate among a multitude of diseased outcasts. If these humans had been one of the lambs coming through that sheep gate, they would have been immediately rejected as not good enough for temple sacrifice. Their reality was rejection by society. Their only hope was a miraculous stirring of the waters and a quick entry into that water for healing. Jesus asked one of the sick if  he wanted to be healed. When this man encountered the Living Water (John 4:10), he no longer needed to step into that Bethesda pool; Jesus immediately healed him and commanded him to walk and stop sinning (vs. 8, 14).

What a poignant picture of your life! Before Jesus, you were diseased by sin. The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29), came to you and asked if you wanted to be healed. The Living Water washed you clean from your sin and invited you to walk with Him. As you journey with Jesus, He teaches you how to live with Him and sin no more.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), pray John 5:24 over those who need to be healed by Jesus.

“LORD Jesus, may _________ hear Your Word

and believe the Father who sent You,

so they can have eternal life. 

May they not come into judgment

but pass out of death into life.

Because of You, the Living Water

 and the Lamb of God ~” 

The Watchman on the Wall 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell