MAKING A SPLASH

 

MAKING A SPLASH

Good morning TPM Family, as we enter a level 2 status of the National Lockdown, I urge you to be vigilant in your decision making. The COVID-19 risks are still very real and this should not be taken lightly. We have seen what the outbreak of the pandemic has caused this world. The loss of mobility, the loss of life, the loss of financial freedom to name but a few.

Today’s message is titled MAKING A SPLASH

I remember when we were growing up, it was so exciting to go to Warmbaths and play in the pools. As soon as we would arrive, we would slap of those costumes, run to the pool and dive in, making the biggest splash we could possibly make. Diving into the water and being fully submerged in the water was so much fun. With that in mind let’s look at scripture:

John 9:1-12

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

 

Thank you, Jesus, for your living word.

 

 

Far too often we think that things do not go our way because of what was done in generations before us, but we see here that it has nothing to do with what was done by our forefathers. What you are going through right now is your walk towards your purpose God has called you for. Jesus was on His way to the temple when he encountered this man. It was on His way to entering into worship.

There are many different parallels to focus on in this scripture, but I want to focus on the segment of what Jesus does for the man:

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So, the man went and washed, and came home seeing.

 

-          What healing power does mud have? Hardly any healing power but there is symbolism in the soil.

-          From the dust Adam was created and unto the dust shall we return.

-          The mud on the man’s eyes was symbolic that the man will be born again. He will go back to the soil before he goes to the pool

-          Jesus then said “GO”

-          From the time we are born we are required to be mobile; we are sent by God. We are commissioned for the mission.

-          The man didn’t question Jesus. He didn’t ask “Ay yo J, why must I go to the pool”

-          He listened to the voice of God and acted in faith. He pressed a button in his spirit and activated his faith

-          He got up and walked to the pool

 

Now pools in those days were outside every temple and people would enter from one side and exit the other. When Jesus sent the man to the pool, he entered the pool from the side where one would normally exit. He would need to submerge his face into the pool.

 

Making a splash the man came out of the pool and could see.

The story tells us that when things are not going our way we need to go back to the healer. He needs to deal with us before he can deal with our situation. These very situations exist so that the work of God may be made manifest through us.

It is the same reason Abraham had a child at 80 instead of 40. If he was given a child at 40 he would have thought it was his doing but the fact that he received a child at 80 meant that he knew that it could have only been God that could have made that possible.

 

-          We serve a God of the impossible

-          We serve a God that requires us to submerge ourselves in the living water so that we can be healed

-          We serve a God that requires us to act in faith so that He can perform miracles in our lives

-          He needs obedience to His voice. When He says “GO” we need to go.

-          Make a splash when you submerge yourself in the water. The living water that never runs dry. Come out with elation in your heart and speak what God has done for you.

 

Our declaration for today:

-          Lord you are the great I AM

-          You are our ultimate healer

-          You can turn any situation around

-          You make all things work for the good of your people and the good of the church

-          You have created in us a new spirit

-          A new blessing unfolds in our lives

-          We are sent by you into the world on this day and;

-          In this day we will receive restoration

-          We will receive blessings

-          We will receive breakthroughs

-          We will receive healing

-          We will receive Divine encounters

-          We will advance towards you

-          We will grow spiritually

-          We will be victorious

 

Let us pray!