Pick up your mat, and walk!

John 5:8- Jesus told him, "Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!" 

Tonight in Bible study, with some amazing ladies, we were studying "Jesus Healing a Lame Man" from John 5.  I was challenged with the question of "Who do you identify with in the story?" We have a choice, we can be like the lame man and pick up our mat and walk or we can choose to be like the Pharisees and choose to question why things are happening and miss the miracle around us. 

I want to stand up and walk. I want to have the faith that no matter what God calls me to do that I will stand up and follow him. I want to not question Him, but follow Him. As I was on my way home I heard the song "What Life Would Be Like" by Big Daddy Weave. Again, I was challenged with "what would life be like" if we were to all "Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk" How would life be different? Would we see needs of others that are not being met? Would we reach out to a lost and dying world? 

I have been challenged to "Stand up, pick up my mat, and walk!" May you find yourself choosing to take a stand and do the work that God has laid before you! 

Big Daddy Weave- "What Life Would Be Like"