Hindrance 2: Wanting signs more than God's promises
John 5:2-3 "Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market
a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of
impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the
moving of the water." KJV
Many sick people crowded themselves around the Bethesda pool
in Jesus' days. Their attention was fixed to the moving of
the water. They believed that whoever was first to reach the
water once it moved, that person would be healed. They were
all looking for the sign, the sign of moving water. The sad
part about this, is that nobody really knew who was healed
or not, as so many people jumped into the water by the first
sign of any movement. There was so much commotion that even
if no one were healed, nobody would have known about it and would
have automatically assumed that someone had been healed.
Jesus approached that crowd near the pool. The sad part of
it is that no one noticed His presence. They were too
focused on signs. The Master Healer was among their midst
and they preferred to look for a sign that may or may not
heal them.
Only one man noticed Jesus, but only after a while. When
Jesus asked him John 5:6 "Do you want to get well?" NIV It
took some time before he responded. Only then was he healed
by Jesus. He had been too focused for a sign, almost missing
what he really was looking for.
John 4:48 "Unless you people see miraculous signs and
wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." NIV
A man had approached Jesus for the healing of his son and he
wanted a sign. No sign could heal his son. The daddy only
had to believe in the words of Jesus, and once he did that,
his son was healed.
The laying of hands, anointing with oil, a prophetic word
are not signs that will heal a person. Our focus should
never be on these things. We should not base our healing on
signs, otherwise we will be bitterly disappointed! Only
Jesus can heal. This is what we need to believe, and Rom
10:17 "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,
and the message is heard through the word of Christ." NIV
You need faith in healing? Read God's Word! You want to
trust in our loving Lord? Study the Bible!
