Scripture

Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk! Then, walking , leaping and praising God, he went to the Temple with them.

Observation

Peter and John are going to the Temple prayer meeting where they encounter a man lame from birth, begging. He asks Peter and John for money, but Peter reaches out to him and says, “I have no money, but in the name of Jesus Christ get up and walk.”

Instantly the man is healed and gets up walking, leaping and praising God. The people are amazed because they know him as the same beggar who for so long has been at that place.

Application

Multiple healings and adjustments take place in this one moment of time.

This man had never walked before in his life.

• His legs, knees, ankles and hips could not carry his weight
• His brain was not wired for the complex task of shifting weight from one leg to the other without falling.
• His sense of balance would not be adjusted to the ever shifting centre of gravity and the need for perfect balance
• His back would be out of shape
• All his lower joints would be relatively rigid from lack of use

The list of changes his body needed to make is huge. Yet all this happens in an instant.

Not only is he walking immediately, but within minutes he is leaping and praising God. No baby steps for this guy!

For Jesus, and for His followers, this multi-level healing should be no big deal. This is the daily lifestyle to which we are called.

“Naturally supernatural” is the attitude we should take, letting Jesus come in to work His miracles.

It can be hard because we don’t always have the faith or confidence that Peter had. And sometimes, when we do have faith and we step out, the miracle is not there, at least in the way we expect.

We need to keep going- walking, leaping, and praising God.

Prayer

Teach me Lord to walk in the power of the name of Jesus. May the lame walk, the blind see, the captives be released in the name of Jesus. Amen.