6/4/23 "It's Time To Ask"

6/4/23

5 Minutes of Focus 

"It's Time To Ask"

Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.

Acts 3:2 NIV 

Maybe, It's just me, but looking at this portion of scripture... I wonder, What happened that made this man give up on being healed?...And when did he become content with begging every day?

I wonder, What lie he had to tell himself daily to lessen the blow of him, having to be carried NOT helped, but carried to the temple gate  every day?

You see, Helped would imply that they were only assisting him in doing what he was trying to do.

But carried implies that they had to pick him up, physically lift him because he couldn't do it on his own.

I wonder, if every day he had to fight off the Spirit of Depression or if he just layed there at the temple gate every day, depressed, feeling like a failure, feeling like a burden?

And I wonder, how many of you reading this can relate?

You're depressed, you feel like a failure, you feel like a burden to those around you....But you don't say anything.

And somebody like Peter and John have yet to show up...

Somebody who will challenge you and what it is, you say you need.  

Here this man was lame, unable to walk, but yet he was begging for money, making money the primary need in his life...UNTIL Peter & John showed up with a different perspective.

They knew he needed more than money...They knew he needed to get up and so Peter extended his hand. Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

Acts 3:7 NIV

Beloved, 

You can't stay as you are. In order to be made strong again...You must get up, shake off depression as best you can, little by little...And challenge yourself to ask for something other than money. It's time to ask for what you really need unapologetically. 

Ask and it will be given to you...Matt 7:7 NIV

Now is not the time to give up and just be content with things the way they are.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy