While attending BYU this semester, I have the opportunity to take a class covering the second half of the New Testament (after the gospels). I have created this blog to allow me to share with
all who are interested, the insights or thoughts I have each week on the material that is taught. My professor is Brother Griffin, who I have had before. He is a great teacher and really helps change perspective on well known scriptures. Throughout this blog, I ask you to forgive me for the many errors that will likely appear in my writing. I am human, but I hope they will not distract from the messages I will try to convey.
This week, I felt specifically touched by the story of the lame man
healed at the temple in Acts 3. However many times I have
heard this story, I never put it in the context that my professor did. I never thought about how this man had been at
the steps of the temple every day, and was therefore likely to have
witnessed some of the healings of Christ. I never thought about the
pain and the questions of self-worth that may have been consequences
of these witnesses. However, I loved the idea of Christ thinking “I
want to heal you and there is nothing wrong with you, but it is not
the right time and I can use your faith to help bring others to me.”
I believe this thought can be applied to our lives in whatever hurt
we are feeling. God does not want to withhold any blessings from His
children. However, He does see the big picture where we can only see
the single moment we are in. He knows better than we do. If we can
put our full trust in Him, we can also be comforted and know that
there is nothing wrong with us. Blessings come in God's time, and
they are not being withheld because we are not worthy. The lame man
was an instrument in bringing 5,000 people to come to Christ. If we can
have faith like the lame man who was healed, we too can help bring
the light of Christ into the lives of others, and like Peter, we can help lift those who in that moment, are weaker than ourselves.
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