John 5:8 “JESUS said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”
Giving Final Performances!
As if resetting
Our personal
Self-traps
So set up to fail
are the steps
of this life.
Whenever such stains
we return to
with Haste!
Thus Self-help is not
as we re-mark
our frames.
But CHRIST’s cleansing blood has erased
Every flaw!
HIS sacrifice solves all
our stumblings
and errors!
As such, with great zeal, pick up your mat
quickly and walk in
HIS ways, leaving all else behind!
As HIServant bent on throwing each Self-trap away,
Whitney
Devotional: Luke 5:24 “But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — HE said to the man who was paralyzed—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed and go home.”
Ever set one of those old style, spring-loaded mouse traps?
Inevitably, it doesn’t set correctly.
So the spring suddenly releases the bar downwards with a loud and startling snap.
The action harms whatever is in its path.
But repeated sin, like a dog returning to its own vomit, dulls the senses.
As such, the pains are muted, the harm being caused is overlooked and one fails to proceed in the steps of CHRIST.
But GOD is so perfect and glorious WHO sent us Salvation through JESUS!
HE also gifted us with the HOLY SPIRIT WHOSE presence must be embraced fully!
Then the Joy of the LORD shall replace Sin’s attractions the more we obey.
So! Take up your mat and your cross and walk with the KING!
Amen and amen!
2CJC 