When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time, he said to him, 

"Do you want to get well?"

"Get up,"

Jesus told him, 

"pick up your mat and walk."

John 5:6, 8 CSB

Sometimes what God does is easy to understand and sometimes it's a mystery.

Why heal this guy?

Doesn't he have to come to faith first? Isn't that the rule?

When was he healed? Was it before he got up on his feet? 

If that had happened, he would've jumped up on his own.

Did it happen as he got up? Did it need his action?

Wouldn't "get up" be enough?

Why "pick up your mat and walk?"

If our God was small enough to understand, he wouldn't be worth worshipping.

Lysa TerKuest tweeted this yesterday:

"When we're walking through circumstances that seem unfair 

or hurtful beyond what we can bear, 

we must allow God 

to shift our perspective with truth. 

In the midst of your wilderness, 

let God whisper His truth that 

He is good. 

He is good to you. 

And He is good at being God."

It's OK to sit with mystery and questions but know that:

He is good.

He is good to you.

He is good at being God.

#sunday

#worship