May 1st-Evening | SEEING THE BAD? YOU'LL MISS THE GOOD

How do you look at things 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 – he’d been crippled for 38 years sitting beside a pool where an angel would come and stir the pool. The first person who would go down into the water 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, what the Jewish leaders said, "You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!" Wait a minute… did they “ILLEGAL TO CARRY THE 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.