SEEING THE BAD? DON’T MISS THE GOOD!

How do you look at the challenges in life? John 5:10-11 says: So the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!” He replied, “The man who healed me said to me, ‘Pick up your sleeping mat and walk.’” This man’s story is found in John Chapter 5 – the man had been crippled for 38 years and sitting beside a pool where an angel would come stir the pool. The first person that would go down into the water after the stirring would be healed, but since this man was a cripple others would always pass him and go before him. For 38 years he was there hoping and waiting until Jesus came with a compassionate voice asking the man, “Do you want to get healed?” “Yes!” the man immediately replied and Jesus said, “Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!" Now that’s a miracle, isn’t it? The man that had been sitting beside a pool waiting for 38 years was now walking! Notice, however, that the Jewish leaders said, "You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!" Wait a minute… did they say it’s illegal to carry a sleeping mat??? Did they miss the fact that the crippled man was walking? Some people only see the bad, but miss the good. Let’s change that by seeing the good, and missing the bad.